This month is Latinx Heritage Month which commemorates Latinx history, culture and community. In November 2019 the Glenbard Parent Series hosted Erika L. Sánchez, the National Book Award-nominated author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.
At her visit, Sánchez recorded two Take 5 videos for students and parents, which you can view here:
Sanchez 's GPS Take Five/5 Minute video for students titled "Be Resilient"
Sánchez’s acclaimed first novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, was immediately heralded as one of the most significant works of young adult fiction in recent years and nominated for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature. Born and raised in a working class town outside of Chicago to formerly undocumented Mexican immigrants, Sánchez’s experience informed her moving depiction of the realities of undocumented life in America. Told through the eyes of a teenage girl trying to find her place between Mexican culture and American life after a tragedy upends her family, the book compassionately and powerfully touches on numerous contemporary issues including mental health, and immigration.
