By Richard Bammer

In Abilene Martinez, a teaching assistant in Markham Elementary teacher Jose Bermudez’s classroom, a group of middle school-aged migrant students in Vacaville Unified’s summer Migrant Education program see themselves.

Born and raised in Mexico City, Martinez, 25, is the daughter of a migrant worker, Enedina Hernandez, who picks fruit and harvests vegetables on vast Central Valley farms.

A recent graduate of California State University, Sacramento, Martinez, during her weekdays at Markham in June, worked as a member of the California Mini-Corps.

 

Source: Migrant children see themselves in California Mini-Corps teachers