Fernando Sucre

My mom always told me she felt comfortable in her dented-but-charming 2011 black Toyota Camry. I’ve never bought into the notion that a car could be a sanctuary, but she thinks of her car as a second home. She grew up in the San Fernando Valley of the 1980s, a mall-centric autotopia, so it makes sense. But, at twenty years old, it’s not the sort of mentality that I’ve grown to share. As a self-identified and certifiable marketable member of the Millennial generation, I’ve come of age during a time

The feeling that one gets about being a member of a community or part of a family is undistinguishable. This is what I feel with the Home Depot, I very rarely shop at another home improvement store, then there are the reviews I write and being a member of the seeds program, under the pen name goodreason. Recently I read an article in the Hill Country Observer titled “Hives of Controversy” by Tracy Frisch (http://www.hillcountryobserver.com/2015news/Sept2015bees1.htm). The article talks about colony

Around the 1930s, Brazil and Latin American began following the process of Import Substitution Industrialization, which lasted until the end of the 1980s. The ISI policies devaluated the currency in order to boost exports and discourage imports, followed by adopting different exchange rates for goods (Watkins). ISI in Brazil had an interesting effect; it created a three-prong system of governmental, private, and foreign capital being directed at the infrastructure and heavy industry, manufacturing

As i strolled down my neighborhood coming from the gym, I observed my environment and was able to notice things i never commonly do, the more i walked the more i was able to smell the spices and scents that made home smell like home. Some scents smelled so familiar like my own home and mother's cooking and others unique, as a matter of fact i was able to feel the warmth from each house like a cozy blanket welcoming me in. I listened and was able to hear the laughter and joy of family dinners, movie

Key Members of Scandal Former President Lula da Silva: Lula is a former union leader who is part of the Left-Wing, Worker’s Party who is being questioned for the Petrobras scandal. He was the President of Brazil from 2003-2011, and he is suspected of benefiting from billions of dollars generated from larger contracts that funded his campaign and pockets. During his presidency, he helped bring up commodity prices to a growth rate of 7.5% in 2010. Further, he was the most admired political figure in

The range mapped in the Santa Monica Mountains is limited on the south by Hollywood, on the north by the San Fernando Valley, on the west by Cahuenga Pass and Dark Canyon, and on the east by the Los Angeles River. Griffith Park is incorporated inside the eastern portion of the region. The vital topographic component of the territory is an east-westridge. Cahuenga Peak (height 1821 feet) is close to the western end of the edge, and Mount Hollywood (elevation 1652 feet) is justsouth of the focal part

Ryan Long was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley Los Angeles. His childhood was marked by significant challenges that he had to over come. Ryan was born with a congenital deformity known as club foot. Ryan’s father left when he was very young, leaving his mother to raise Ryan on her own. Ryan spent the first two years of his life in surgeries and was immobilize by casts and bars bolted to the sides of his legs. Ryan and his mother, together, faced these challenges head on. As Ryan got older

According to “Immigrants in California,” by Marisol Cuellar Mejia and Hans P. Johnson, California has the most immigration than any other state, where “more than 30% of the population of seven California counties” are foreign born. A large contributor to these statistics are Hispanic immigrants that migrate to the United States in hope of achieving the “American Dream.” Los Angeles has become the most popular destination for these immigrants as this city alone contains 4.9 million Hispanics, making

Oral History Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, in the Van Nuys area. A community so familiar to me because of the people who surround me also , similar race and from the same culture. Being raised by undocumented parents with many stories about their struggles, and even traditions. These factors are what shaped and made me overcome any obstacles my parents warned me about. I have been shaped by my parents, and personal experiences. I have learned that my dreams are possible no matter

One of the most significant earthquakes to hit the San Fernando Valley in the past was the 1971 San Fernando/ Sylmar earthquake. On February 9, 1971 at about 6 o’clock the cities of San Fernando and Sylmar experienced an earthquake that ruptured along the Sierra Madre Fault Zone (Oakeshott, Gordon B). The epicenter of this earthquake was reported to be in the San Gabriel Valley Mountains above the valley. The citizens of both cities felt tremendous shaking. The magnitude of the earthquake was measured