Author speaks about life as migrant child in Indiana

“Author Francisco Jinez documents his family’s experience as a migrant because he wants to bring common experience in different cultures, destroy walls among them and rejoice common humanity, he said at the “Why I Write” workshop Thursday.

The one-hour workshop introduced part of Human Rights Day events across campus, by Amy Mendoza, director of Indiana Hispanic/Latino Commission, started at 1 p.m. at Dede II, introduced Jinez, a professor of modern languages at Santa Clara University and author of award-winning books “Breaking Through” and “The Circuit,” who crossed the border in California between Mexico and America at age 4, Mendoza said.”

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