Emigrated from Mexico to the United States is the Sanchez family. An undocumented immigrant, Hector Sanchez, came to the United States. in 1979 as an agricultural worker. Hector was granted lawful legal status in 1986 under the Immigration Reform and Control Act Federal Amnesty Program, that was design for people who enter the country illegal and prove he or she reside in the United States since 1982 (Rodriguez & DeWolfe,1990). He later brought his wife and three children at that time who were also granted legal status. After establishing a new life in a Latino community in South Florida Hector and his wife had three more kids. The now ten member family now faces daily challenges. These challenges are the instability of employment to provide …show more content…
Married to Hector Sanchez she is the connection to her family with a passion to keeping her family close to home. After living in South Florida for nearly two decades, Celia has a pleasure for cooking and looking after her family but never worked outside of the household creating numerous of problematic obstacles. One barrier Celia face is the lack of English proficiency which limit her ability of interactions. With this restraint Celia requires her son to attend doctor appointments as her interpreter moreover limits her connection with her children’s life events to include parent teacher conference and the lack of understanding the implications through the juvenile justice system. Nevertheless Mrs. Sanchez have to deal with extra stressors such as inadequate income for food. With the amount of people in the Sanchez’s household to feed she receive food from the church pantry without Hector knowledge, the fact that, he is not interested in applying for government benefits. An additional of Celia stressor’s is the arrival of her undocumented nephew. Since her nephew arrived it created tension between Hector and Celia because of the added mouth to feed besides the fact it causes a breach in their rental contract. She also care for her daughter who is autistic and her grandson whom she is in proceeding to gain custody. There are numerous concerns as it relates to Celia. First she will be placed in a English …show more content…
At the age of 14 Emilia became involved with drugs later to develop an addiction. After fail attempts to complete a drug addiction program due to relapse, Emilia want to change her life around and gain custody of her son. Before her drug addiction manifested she spent time with her mother caring of her siblings. Narcotics, prefer crack cocaine, turn out to be Emilia’s way to cope with her stress of being overwhelmed plus the lack of attention she received from her parents. She later became pregnant with Joey follow by another pregnancy leading to an abortion. Because of Emilia discussion, her family refuse to acknowledge her due to their cultural beliefs and values. In order for Emilia to get custody of Joey she need to show that she changed. The first start is to assess a plan to attending and completing a drug rehabilitation program. Making it relevant that she is getting sober will help her in different ways. One, she can slowly gain custody of Joey. Secondly, it will limit her chances of being deported under the U.S. Immigration Law for committing a federal offense. Third, discussing avenues based on her skills and desire for an educational placement program similar to General Educational Development then college or a technical school to learn a trait to find employment. Lastly, engaging in parental classes to establish a bound she does not have with
Julia Alvarez wrote the novel “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents”. Alvarez, (a Dominican-American novelist) was born in New York City. Her story is about four sisters (The Garcia family) who were living an established, upper class life in the Dominican Republic. They were forced to flee from the Dominican Republic to the United States due to their father’s opposition to Rafael Leonidas Trujillo’s dictatorship. The Garcia family were forced to face the challenges that came along with being an immigrant family in a foreign land. In her novel “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents,” Alvarez highlights the challenges of immigration, cultural readjustments and family conflicts.
In the case of José, born and raised in Mexico, he had to assimilate by eventually learning English to acquire a job to support his wife, María, and his children. Movie critics may argue that Rosa and Enrique’s journey to Los Angeles has a greater impact than that of José. Traveling from Central America to North America is a hard journey to go on. While the path Rosa and Enrique had to take to reach the United States may have been more arduous, comparing the two journeys is an unfair assessment. José’s expedition to Los Angeles, while it was not shown as a visually dark time of his life, did portray how an immigrant may cross the border into America in a different way. In addition, since both films have the same director, Gregory Nava, his decision to emphasize the act of illegally crossing into America in one film and not the other allows him to the artistic license to portray other portions of life as an immigrant. In My Family, Mi Familia, Memo and Toni’s characters depicts the generational changes a family living with two cultures may
Juan Rubio was not feeling the same about his wife anymore, Richard and his sisters had to deal with the separation of his parents, and Consuelo no longer wanted to be submissive to her husband. After the move, Consuelo was exposed to a different lifestyle for women and how they handled certain situations in America. Her American friends often questioned her level of importance. Once she married Juan Rubio, Consuelo knew she would become “the anchor” of her husband and the house. Because of this, she is stuck in an internal battle with herself. She wants to be the support system her husband demands while living up to Mexican values, but desires to have the new freedoms American women have. Juan’s infidelity and the downfall of their marriage was the push that helped change Consuelo. Although she did not want to lose the affection of her husband and children, she did not want to fall victim of the stereotypical housewife. Consuelo was not finding joy in merely serving her family but wanted recognition for who she is as a woman. “But all such scenes did not end with laughter, for Richard’s mother was a different person altogether now, and constantly interfered when her husband was in the act of disciplining a child, and these interferences grew until they flared into violent quarrels” (Villarreal 134). At this point, Counselo shows us she has developed a voice of her own. She was acting and saying
After reviewing the Sanchez Family case study, I have chosen to review Emilia Sanchez with Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial development, Operant Conditioning, and Social Learning Theory. In her case study, Emilia is described as being the oldest daughter in the Sanchez family, she helped her mother a great deal with housework and with helping care for the younger children and was a good quiet child who never gave her parents any problem, however at the age of 14, things changed, and she got involved in drugs. Now at 28, she has lost custody of her son due to her problems with drugs, and she is estranged from her parents due to having an abortion shortly after her son was born because her parents have very strong religious beliefs and they
There is a large Latino population in the United States. “By mid-century, one in every four "Americans" will be able to trace their heritage to a Latin American country”(Cauce & Domenech-Rodriguez, 2000, pg.4). By the year 2050, the United States population will be 30% Hispanic. Spanish speaking Latinos are the most prominent minority in our society, and because of this it is important that people put forth effort to understand their culture, language and any drawbacks that might come with living in the larger culture. Because of the large population of Hispanics in this area, it was easy to find a family to interview. The family’s country of origin is Mexico. A large portion of the Hispanic population in the United States is from Mexico. In fact, 60% of the Hispanic population in the United States has origins in Mexico (Saracho & Spodek 2008,
I have first hand seen the childish ways of a drug abusing parent and my overall standpoint is everyone has a weakness, you just need to find a light to bring you out of the dark hole which the monster and sends you down and see what's worth living for. “I believe if you want to write a memoir, you have to tell the entire truth (yes, I understand it will be colored by your personal lenses), and that means truly opening yourself and those around you to public inspection” (Par. 15) said Ellen Hopkins displaying that she takes informing teens as a serious role. A prediction i could infer based upon the parallel relationship between Kristina and her father is if her son is exposed to drugs he will most likely fall in the same path if her she does not tell him the danger of these substances. This novel is a great tool to get the word out there that hard drugs will hurt you, hurt your family and make you a whole new
In the story "This (Illegal) American Life" Maria Andreu explains the struggle of smuggling into the U.S. and living as an undocumented alien. Andreu 's parents came into the U.S. in their early twenties, with baby Andreu at the time. Looking forward to have a better life here in the States. When Andreu turned six, her grandfather passed away. Andreu and her mother left the country and arrived to Argentina to attend the funeral. They didn’t have visas. Therefore, they couldn’t enter the U.S. legally. They were stuck in Argentina for two years. Until her father finally found "coyotes" that would smuggle Andreu and her mother back into the U.S. for a certain amount of money. They were dependent of smugglers for
“When a child is placed in the custody of a relative or other suitable person or the Division of Child Protection and Permanency pursuant to section 34 of P.L.1974, c.119 (C.9:6-8.54), because of a finding of abuse or neglect, the Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part shall order the parent and, when appropriate, any other adult domiciled in the home to undergo substance abuse assessment, when
Hector Sanchez is a 58-year-old Mexican man and has been married to Celia Sanchez for close to forty years. Together Hector and Celia have six children and one grandchild. Hector is the head of the Sanchez family and the main financial source of the family. When Hector first arrived to the
I will begin to examine the Mexican American ethnic group, probing the historical circumstances that impelled them to come to America, focusing on the structure and functioning of their family life to determine or, at least, to raise clues about how and why they have been able or unable to maintain an ethnic identification over the generations, and take a brief look ahead to being to speculate what the future endeavors are for this ethnic group and their constitutive families.
Mrs. Perez is a lovely lady that loves her family, her daughters and husband, who passed away, and she really likes to enjoy things in life. She always wants to do things on her own and not be dependent on anyone, really independent lady, enjoys bowling and spending time with friends and her family. Lola is from a small town in Texas called Brownsville, and that is really close to the border of Mexico so the struggle is real. People have to work hard to have a better lifestyle for their families. That is exactly what Mrs. Perez tries to do for her family. A hard working mother of three daughters that she loves so much and also loves to bowl.
To understand fully the implicit meaning and cultural challenges the film presents, a general knowledge of the film’s contents must be presented. The protagonist, Tita, suffers from typical Hispanic cultural oppression. The family rule, a common rule in this culture, was that the youngest daughter is to remain unwed for the duration of her mother’s life, and remain home to care for her. Mama Elena offers her daughter, Tita’s older sister Rosaura, to wed a man named Pedro, who is unknowingly in mutual love with Tita. Tita is forced to bake the cake for the wedding, which contains many tears that she cried during the process. Tita’s bitter tears cause all the wedding guests to become ill after consuming the cake, and Tita discovers she can influence others through her cooking. Throughout the film, Tita’s cooking plays an important role in all the events that transpire.
throughout her childhood with an alcoholic father and a selfish mother who cared more about her art and happiness than that of her children’s. Alcohol misuse can affect all aspects of family functioning: social life, finances, good communication, relationships between family members, parenting capability, employment and health issues, It also has a strong correlation with conflicts, disputes and domestic violence which can leave a damaging effect on children. Alcohol misuse often times changes the roles played by family members in relation to one another, and to the outside world as well.... ... middle of paper ... ...and agencies designed to meet the physical, intellectual, and social-emotional needs of individuals and families.”.
Even though Yolanda has a more stable financial household her parents are just as demanding as Mari’s. They require Yolanda to stay focused on school so she can be able to attend college and achieve a high a paying career. Traditional ideas of ‘if you work hard enough you can achieve it’ are presented in the film. Expectations of family are high for Yolanda as she comes from an immigrant family. The need for Yolanda to succeed is crucial as it defines the American dream her parents want her to obtain. Yolanda is faced with an obligation to achieve the American dream her parents so hard worked for. Deviating from these expectations translates into an ungrateful daughter that does not care about what family thinks. Family, for most Latinos is the most important thing. Adding to this idea is being an immigrant; where family is the only thing we have, and know. Keeping the family together is one of the main points in Yolanda’s household; we can conclude that it might be more important than achieving the American dream.
In this case study, Laura and Danny have had significant changes in their lives. Laura has now left with the children and planning on moving with them to El Paso, Texas in a month. She has also filed for divorce from Danny. While Laura is making positive improvements to her life she is still concerned for Danny. She goes to collect what’s left of her belongings when she finds Danny in a state of panic. Danny has let himself go at this point. He started consuming alcohol, has not found a job, and is living with no electricity. Kid decides to pay Danny and Laura a visit and he quickly realizes Danny is in trouble. Danny begs for Kid’s assistance in order to help him start a new life. Danny is worried that he will end up alone and homeless