I was not really of the barrio, but the barrio was an important part of my life. Spanish was my first language; English was the language of my readin… - Estela Portillo-Trambley

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I was not really of the barrio, but the barrio was an important part of my life. Spanish was my first language; English was the language of my reading world. This was the world I lived in—an idealistic world, and unreal world that filled my senses with hopes, with joy and identification…