People
She became involved with gang activity.
Who is Betty?
This was Reyna's prison and haven
What is her bedroom?
As teenagers, Reyna and Mago traveled to Mexico with these family members.
Who is Mamí (Juana), Betty, and Leonardo?
This California university accepted Reyna during her senior year of high school.
What is UC Irvine?
After a brutal fight, he was arrested and charged with assault and battery.
Who is Natalio?
The community college Reyna enrolled in after graduating high school.
What is Pasadena City College?
The year Reyna became a US citizen
What is 2002?
This was the amount of money Reyna won from the Townsend Press essay competition.
What is $100?
A Pasadena City College professor who let Reyna move into her home.
Who is Diana Savas?
This popular fast food restaurant was one of Mami/Juana’s favorite places to eat.
What is McDonalds?
What is liver cancer?
Reyna Grande has degrees (BA and MFA) in this subject.
What is creative writing?
In 1993, this character moved out of the family apartment without saying goodbye.
Who is Mago?
After being accepted into the All City Band, Reyna played in this famous parade.
What is the Rose Parade?
This is a traditional Latin American celebration of a girl's 15th birthday, marking her transition from childhood to maturity.
Quinceanera
She is a Latin-American Reyna later had dinner with
Who is Sandra Cisneros?
The name of endearment given to Reyna by her writing professor.
Who is Reynita?
Reyna attended this UC after finishing courses in community college.
What is UC Santa Cruz?
Lasting well into the 1990s, the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 granted applicants this immigration status
What is legal residency (green card holder)?
The last words Reyna thought as her father took his last breath.
What is "you made me who I am"?