To write about Olga, I spoke with migrants living at her Shelter of Jesus the Good Shepherd, including Tránsito Encarnación Martínes Hernández, Fausto Mejillas Guerrero, Leti Isabela Mejía Yanes, Hugo Tambris Sióp, Edwin Bertotty ...
Describes one Honduran boy's difficult and dangerous journey to find his mother, who had made the trek northward to the United States in search of a better life when Enrique had been five years old, but who had never made enough money to ...
"Magnífico . . . La Travesía de Enrique es una historia de amor, de familia, de hogares".--The Washington Post Book World "Un informe lacerante escrito desde las líneas de avanzada de la inmigración . . . angustioso y conmovedor".
The estimate that half of Central American child migrants ride trains without smugglers is from Haydee Sanchez, executive director of Youth Empowerment Services, a nonprofit Los Angeles group that helps immigrants: Olga Cantarero, ...
Documents the journey of a Honduran teen who braved hardship and peril to reunite with his mother after she was forced to leave him behind and seek migratory work in the United States.
Adapted for young people, this edition of "Enrique s Journey" is written by Sonia Nazario and based on the adult book of the same name.
Sixteen-year-old Enrique embarks on a journey to find his mother, who eleven years earlier had illegally entered the United States hoping to find work and make enough money to send home to her starving family in Honduras.
Nazario, journalist for the Los Angeles Times, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for this story in the category of feature writing.