At the University of Southern Maine, David Carey Jr. is Associate Professor of History, and Robert Atkinson is Professor of Human Development, Director of the Life Story Center, and Senior Research Fellow in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute National Resource Center. Carey is the author of Engendering Mayan History: Kaqchikel Women as Agents and Conduits of the Past, 1875–1970, and Atkinson is the author of The Beat of My Drum: An Autobiography (with Babatunde Olatunji) and The Life Story Interview.

• List of Illustrations Foreword Elsa Nuñez AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Situating Latino Voices in a New England CommunityDavid Carey Jr. 1. It's About Dream BuildingBlanca Santiago 2. I Wanted to Free Myself Adrian Bravo Chávez 3. We're Very United, All the Latinos Ana Manza and Eliseo Brea 4. Swimming in a Different Ocean Laura Ochoa 5. It's About Community Building John Connors 6. Answering the Call The Reverend Virginia Marie Rincón 7. So Our Children Do Not Have to Suffer Like We Did Hernán and Marta 8. My Life Has Always Included Change Victoria Chicón 9. Roots Are ImportantJuan González10. You Don't Know What I Had to Go Through Lourdes Carpenter11. Everything Has Its Good Sides and Its Bad Iván Cantor 12. You've Got to Practice It Olga Alicea Conclusion: Toward a Fluid Latino Identity Robert Atkinson Appendix: English and Spanish QuestionsIndex

"The personal tone of the narratives and the compelling, engaging stories are a strong complement to scholarship about Latinos in the United States." — Daniel D. Arreola, author of Tejano South Texas: A Mexican American Cultural Province

At the University of Southern Maine, David Carey Jr. is Associate Professor of History, and Robert Atkinson is Professor of Human Development, Director of the Life Story Center, and Senior Research Fellow in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute National Resource Center. Carey is the author of Engendering Mayan History: Kaqchikel Women as Agents and Conduits of the Past, 1875–1970, and Atkinson is the author of The Beat of My Drum: An Autobiography (with Babatunde Olatunji) and The Life Story Interview.

• List of Illustrations Foreword Elsa Nuñez AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Situating Latino Voices in a New England CommunityDavid Carey Jr. 1. It's About Dream BuildingBlanca Santiago 2. I Wanted to Free Myself Adrian Bravo Chávez 3. We're Very United, All the Latinos Ana Manza and Eliseo Brea 4. Swimming in a Different Ocean Laura Ochoa 5. It's About Community Building John Connors 6. Answering the Call The Reverend Virginia Marie Rincón 7. So Our Children Do Not Have to Suffer Like We Did Hernán and Marta 8. My Life Has Always Included Change Victoria Chicón 9. Roots Are ImportantJuan González10. You Don't Know What I Had to Go Through Lourdes Carpenter11. Everything Has Its Good Sides and Its Bad Iván Cantor 12. You've Got to Practice It Olga Alicea Conclusion: Toward a Fluid Latino Identity Robert Atkinson Appendix: English and Spanish QuestionsIndex

"The personal tone of the narratives and the compelling, engaging stories are a strong complement to scholarship about Latinos in the United States." — Daniel D. Arreola, author of Tejano South Texas: A Mexican American Cultural Province

At the University of Southern Maine, David Carey Jr. is Associate Professor of History, and Robert Atkinson is Professor of Human Development, Director of the Life Story Center, and Senior Research Fellow in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute National Resource Center. Carey is the author of Engendering Mayan History: Kaqchikel Women as Agents and Conduits of the Past, 1875–1970, and Atkinson is the author of The Beat of My Drum: An Autobiography (with Babatunde Olatunji) and The Life Story Interview.

• List of Illustrations Foreword Elsa Nuñez AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Situating Latino Voices in a New England CommunityDavid Carey Jr. 1. It's About Dream BuildingBlanca Santiago 2. I Wanted to Free Myself Adrian Bravo Chávez 3. We're Very United, All the Latinos Ana Manza and Eliseo Brea 4. Swimming in a Different Ocean Laura Ochoa 5. It's About Community Building John Connors 6. Answering the Call The Reverend Virginia Marie Rincón 7. So Our Children Do Not Have to Suffer Like We Did Hernán and Marta 8. My Life Has Always Included Change Victoria Chicón 9. Roots Are ImportantJuan González10. You Don't Know What I Had to Go Through Lourdes Carpenter11. Everything Has Its Good Sides and Its Bad Iván Cantor 12. You've Got to Practice It Olga Alicea Conclusion: Toward a Fluid Latino Identity Robert Atkinson Appendix: English and Spanish QuestionsIndex

"The personal tone of the narratives and the compelling, engaging stories are a strong complement to scholarship about Latinos in the United States." — Daniel D. Arreola, author of Tejano South Texas: A Mexican American Cultural Province