latino lingo: Speaking of “trabajadores”

“My father turns 58 today. Born in Colombia in 1947, he did something I don’t know if I could have ever done.

In his mid-20s, he set off to the “promise land” to build a better life for his wife and two young sons, both of whom were under 5 years old. For about 2 years he was here away from us working essentially two full-time jobs to save enough money to bring us to the States. When we finally joined him in 1974, he and my mother became factory workers at the same plant.”

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