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Volume 13   Issue 1 

2019  

AMAE Open Issue 

 

Editors  

Patricia Sánchez 
The University of Texas at San Antonio 
 

Antonio J. Camacho 

AMAE, Inc.  

 

Associate Editors  

Julie L. Figueroa  
Sacramento State  
 

Lucila D. Ek  
The University of Texas at San Antonio

Association of Mexican American Educators Journal 
A peer-reviewed, open access journal 

 

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Toledo 

 Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE) Journal © 2019, Volume 13, Issue 1 142 

Where I’m From 

 Ernesto Wilehaldo Toledo 

7th grade KIPP Poder Academy 

 

I am from Family Photos 

from Fabuloso and Clorox. 

I am from the gardens that weren’t that good. 

(Maybe because too much sun, 

or because of the devil cats.) 

I am from the big old oak tree, 

the spikey bush that would  

always spike you if you went 

through there. 

I am from pan dulce and Christmas Reunions, 

from José and Belén 

and from the Toledo’s and the Orozco’s.

I am from the hard-working people 

and the si Dios quiere. 

From ¡no seas huevón! and primero Dios. 

I am from church each week  

no matter how you felt or if you were sleepy. 

I am from the hills of Jalisco and the San Antonio heat, 

from frijoles and tacos. 

From the parent that crossed the border 

for a better life, 

and the mom that worked for an education. 

I am from the walls that have every picture 

that reveal all the memories that you can see 

at any time, of the past to the present 

of lots of Familia.