ELENA GUARDADO
IMMIGRANT HISTORY
Beschreibung des Verlags
Elena was born in Las Flores, El Salvador, on the outskirts of the capitol in August of 1936. She had seven siblings. They were very poor: no electricity, candles for homework, and dirt floors. Her father harvested corn and died in 1990 at age 83 in the civil war. Her mother died at age 60. Elena walked 5 miles each way to attend school in San Salvador. Her grandfather and uncle were jailed for a murder they did not commit and both served eleven years