Reality from the Barrio.  The photography and prose of native Santa Fe youth--from censorship to survival.
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Tonantzin,
Mother patron saint of Chicano children.
Stars of the silvery moon that carries hope Beneath mothers’ feet.
From the old world
To the new,
From the conquerors,
To the conquered.
Guadalupe, faith’s image tattoos on his body.
Tonantzin night’s light. Mother…earth,
Tonantzin,
Tonantzin.

 

—Erika Garcia
Age 17