Border Patrol Ate My Dust, The

by Alicia Alarcón

Overview

Radio personality Alicia Alarcón invited listeners who had migrated to the United Stated to call and share their stories. In these pages, Alarcón collects the footsteps of the travelers, the ones who made it across, past the natural and the bureaucratic obstacles along the border, only to piece together lives on the other side.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611926088
Publisher:	Arte Publico Press
Publication date:	09/30/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	220 KB

About the Author

Alicia Alarcón, radio personality and author of La Migra me hizo los mandados (Arte Público Press, 2002), was born in Jocotepec, Jalisco, Mexico. Alarcón received her degree from the Escuela de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, where she received a prize for her literary work. In Los Angeles she began her career in journalism with La Opinión, serving as both a reporter and an editor. She later became the West Coast reporter for Univisión and was contracted by CNN to be a Latin American radio correspondent. Alarcón eventually moved into radio, becoming the first woman to host a news and opinion program during prime time. Currently, her program airs on Radio Única (1580 AM) in Los Angeles.