All tagged Latinas

Sonia Sotomayor

This is the biography of Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latin-American woman, to be appointed to the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court. Ms. Sotomayor grew up in the projects in the Bronx.

Esperanza Rising

Esperanza loves her home, her country, her beautiful clothes and her loving family. She lives on a ranch in Mexico and they grow grapes. Esperanza looks forward to the end of grape harvest because her family will have a party to celebrate the harvest and her thirteenth birthday!

My Family Divided

This book follows the heart-breaking story of fourteen-year-old Diane Guerrero losing her parents to an ICE raid. ICE is the branch of the government that detains and deports undocumented people. Diane’s parents lived in the US for years, and Diane was born in the US.