Resumen / Summary:
Una de las primeras inmigrantes indocumentadas en graduarse de Harvard revela las vidas ocultas de sus compatriotas indocumentados en este retrato profundamente personal e innovador de una nación.
Viajando por todo el país, la periodista Karla Cornejo Villavicencio se arriesgó a ser arrestada en cada oportunidad para reportar las extraordinarias historias de sus compatriotas indocumentados. Sus protagonistas tienen motivos para desconfiar de los periodistas, pero Cornejo Villavicencio tiene un acceso inigualable a sus historias. Su obra culmina en una lectura impactante e imprescindible para nuestros tiempos.
Nacida en Ecuador y traída a Estados Unidos a los cinco años, Cornejo Villavicencio ha vivido el sueño americano. Criada con los ingresos de su padre como repartidora, se convirtió en una de las primeras estudiantes indocumentadas admitidas en Harvard. Actualmente es candidata a doctorado en la Universidad de Yale y ha escrito para The New York Times. Teje su propia historia entre las de los once millones de indocumentados que han entrado en la conversación nacional como nunca antes.
Los estadounidenses indocumentados revela con fuerza los rincones ocultos de nuestra nación de inmigrantes. Karla Cornejo Villavicencio saca a la luz historias extraordinarias de esperanza y resiliencia, y a través de ellas comprendemos lo que realmente significa ser estadounidense.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
One of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard reveals the hidden lives of her fellow undocumented Americans in this deeply personal and groundbreaking portrait of a nation.
Traveling across the country, journalist Karla Cornejo Villavicencio risked arrest at every turn to report the extraordinary stories of her fellow undocumented Americans. Her subjects have every reason to be wary around reporters, but Cornejo Villavicencio has unmatched access to their stories. Her work culminates in a stunning, essential read for our times.
Born in Ecuador and brought to the United States when she was five years old, Cornejo Villavicencio has lived the American Dream. Raised on her father's deliveryman income, she later became one of the first undocumented students admitted into Harvard. She is now a doctoral candidate at Yale University and has written for The New York Times. She weaves her own story among those of the eleven million undocumented who have been thrust into the national conversation today as never before.
Looking well beyond the flashpoints of the border or the activism of the DREAMERS, Cornejo Villavicencio explores the lives of the undocumented as rarely seen in our daily headlines. In New York we meet the undocumented workers who were recruited in the federally funded Ground Zero cleanup after 9/11. In Miami we enter the hidden botanicas, which offer witchcraft and homeopathy to those whose status blocks them from any other healthcare options. In Flint, Michigan, we witness how many live in fear as the government issues raids at grocery stores and demands identification before offering life-saving clean water.
The Undocumented Americans powerfully reveals the hidden corners of our nation of immigrants. Karla Cornejo Villavicencio brings to light remarkable stories of hope and resilience, and through them we come to understand what it truly means to be American.
Autor / Author: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Tipo / Type: Informativo / Nonfiction
Encuadernación / Binding: Pasta Blanda / Paperback, 208 páginas / pages
Dimensiones / Dimensions: 5.18 "W x 7.93 "H x 0.50 "D pulgadas / inches
Edad / Age: 18+ años / years
Temas / Themes: historia, historia internacional, historia multicultural, interés latino/hispano / history, international history, multicultural history, Latinx/Hispanic interest
Idioma / Language: inglés / English
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Año de Publicación / Publication Year: 2021