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A gut-punch of a book filled with the stories we rarely hear

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

October 17, 2021 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

BINGO – REP (BLACKOUT) I feel that is is important at the start of this review to indicate that I am a non-Hispanic white person. Author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio is a recipient of DACA and a journalist (though she eschews that title, more on that later). For The Undocumented Americans Villavicencio set forth to tell the stories of the undocumented immigrants that we don’t often hear about. She purposefully does not write about DREAMers because she “didn’t want to write anything inspirational.” She wanted to […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbr13bingo, DACA, Immigrants, Immigration, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, undocumented

Mobius_Walker's CBR13 Review No:58 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbr13bingo, DACA, Immigrants, Immigration, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, undocumented ·
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American Dreams and Dreamers

August 28, 2016 by Jenny S 1 Comment

I didn’t mean to read two memoirs in a row but NetGalley got my attention with this one too—about an undocumented woman who ends up earning six figures on Wall Street. [I’m not giving anything away.  All that information is in the subtitle, “My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive”].  Working at a community college and living in town that is about 70% Latino, I am very aware of the issues that undocumented folks, especially students, face and I […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, undocumented

Jenny S's CBR8 Review No:28 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, undocumented ·
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