My mother was one of four children who was able to come to the United States for a chance at a new life. My mother's story about her trip to the United States truly shows the courage she needed to follow her dream. My mother and her older sister crossed Tijuana together in 1985. At the age of 15, my mother was terrified, but she had plenty of determination to face any obstacle in her path. She remembers crossing the border late at night and she will never forget the groans she heard in the dark. She arrived in Salinas the next evening and was reunited with her siblings and