User:Babytexcoco

I was born in Chicago, IL, but culturally speaking, am proudly from Villa Juárez, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

After being raised in Houston, Texas, I relocated to Joliet, IL and am now in Lincoln, NE. I have earned an Associate of Arts degree from the Houston Community College System, and a Bachelor's Degree (majoring in history with a minor in political science) from the University of Houston–Downtown in 2006. I have since earned an Associates of Arts degree from the Lone Star College System (Cum Laude) and Joliet Junior College (High Honors) both in May 2009. I am scheduled to complete a Master's Degree in History, specializing in Mexican-American studies from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in December 2012. I will apply for a Ph.D. in Education Administration at UNL for the spring 2013 semester.

I have taught social studies at the Houston Independent School District and Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 in Plainfield, IL.

Mexican Topics: Villa Juárez, San Luis Potosí; Cerritos, San Luis Potosi; Cárdenas, San Luis Potosí; Tamasopo, San Luis Potosí; Guaxcama, SLP

Mexican American Topics: John J. Herrera, American GI Forum, Gus C. Garcia.

Geography: Des Plaines River

Education: Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202, Plainfield Central High School, Joliet Junior College, Community Colleges

U.S. Cities: Ganado, TX, Joliet, IL, Plainfield, IL, Victoria, TX

• Born in Blood & Fire: A Concise History of Latin America by John Charles Chasteen (2006) ISBN 0-393-92769-5

• Border Dilemmas by Mora

• Bandits, Captives, Heroines, and Saints: Cultural Icons of Mexico's Northwest Borderlands by Robert McKee Irwin 2007 ISBN 13: 978-0-8166-4857-3

• Fugitive Landscapes: The Forgotten History of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands by Samuel Truett 2006 ISBN 13: 978-0-300-11091-3

• For Tranquility and Order by Shelton

• Barbaros by Weber

• Peace Came in the Form of a Woman by Barr

• Forbidden Lands by Langfur

• Defiance & Deference in Mexico's Colonial North by Deeds

• Building the Borderlands by Walsh

• The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1940 by Michael J. Gonzales (2002)

• Decade of Betrayal: Mexican Repatriation in the 1930s by Francisco E. Balderrama and Raymond Rodriguez (2006) ISBN 13:978-0-8263-3973-7

• Ethnicity in the Sunbelt: Mexican Americans in Houston by Arnoldo de Leon (2001) ISBN 1-585-4414-9

• Mexican Chicago: Race, Identity and Nation, 1916-39 by Gabriela F. Arrendondo (2008) ISBN 9-7802-520-7497-4

• Mexicanos: A History of Mexicans in the United States by Manuel G. Gonzales (2000)

• My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King by Reymundo Sánchez (2001) ISBN 9-781556524-271

• North From Mexico: The Spanish Speaking People of the United States by Carey McWilliams (1990) ISBN 0-275-93224-9

• Myth and the History of the Hispanic Southwest: Essays by David J. Weber by David J. Weber (1988) ISBN 0-8263-1194-6

• Once a King, Always a King: The Unmaking of a Latin King by Reymundo Sánchez (2004) ISBN 9-781556525-537

• The History of Texas by Arnoldo de Leon (2007) ISBN 0-88295255-2

• The U.S. War with Mexico: A Brief History with Documents by Ernesto Chavez (2007)

• The Zoot-Suit Riots: The Psychology of Symbolic Annihilation by Mauricio Mazon (1989)

Mexico

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  Main Church of Cerritos, SLP.
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  Arches of Entrance to Cerritos, SLP.
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  Entrance to Villa Juárez, SLP.
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  Cascade in Tamasopo, SLP.
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  Two cascades in Tamasopo, SLP.
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  Train engine at the entrance of Cardenas, SLP.

Illinois

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  Joliet Veteran's Memorial Bicentennial Park in Joliet, IL
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  Des Plaines River in Joliet, IL.
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  U.S. Route 66, U.S. Route 53, and the Illinois & Michigan Canal overlap in Joliet Illinois just south of Theodore Street in Joliet, IL.
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  Plainfield High School Central Campus.
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  JJC Main Campus.

Nebraska

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  Sunken Gardens entrance in Lincoln, NE.
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  View from 27th St of Sunken Gardens in Lincoln, NE.
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  Amigo's Restaurant on N 48th & Leighton in Lincoln, NE.
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  Southeast Community College sign in Lincoln, NE.
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  Entrance to Lincoln Children's Zoo.
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  Pair of Bald Eagles at Lincoln Children's Zoo.
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  Monkey Squirrel at Lincoln Children's Zoo.

This user identifies as a Chicano.

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