"My Brown Eyes" by Alexander Amador in Entering New Territories: Dreams for a New Los Angeles written by students of Roosevelt High School

The following excerpt was from "Entering New Territory" written by Alexander Amador, a Mexican-American born and raised in Boyle Heights. With a mother that can't speak english and him and his brother in a gang, the struggle was hard. Alexander describes how its funny that we come to America for success and end up getting lost along the way. He helped his mother out as much as he could and they try to make the most out of the life they have.