With that “encouragement,” Lupe
began a semester that was part nightmare,
part dream come true. Every day
she got her husband and children off to
school, took the bus to campus, came
home to make lunch for her husband
and grandparents, went back to
campus, and was home in time to greet
Victor, Mario, and Martha when they got
home from school. In the evenings she
cooked, cleaned, did laundry, and got
the children to bed. Then she would
study, often until three in the morning.