updated 10-15-26
Why I write
I write about social issues and respond to injustices through literature, praying that the unjust will desist from revenge. My writing entertains and appeals artistically. I am prolific and have a long list of books to write; God grants me health, memory, and life. See my current work below. To order my books, call my landline at 956-421-2864 or order on this website. I grew up picking cotton and was a migrant farmworker in Indiana and Michigan. I majored in English and earned my bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan U. If you need a speaker or presentation on topics about the life of migrant farmworkers, poor children picking cotton in the Valley from the 40s to the 60s, or writing topics, such as how one becomes a writer based on my experience, call me at my office landline, 956-421-2864.
The city of San Benito condemned an older house with architectural character, once known as the haunted house. A couple interested in culture and preserving history bought it with their last penny, and the process of restoring it became both an unforgettable experience and a nightmare.
Children of the Cotton Field is the story of Mexican American Children picking cotton, vegetables, and fruit in the USA during the 1950s and 60s. It is also a commentary on the sociopolitical landscape of the Lower Rio Grande Valley between 1910 and 1970.
The Windblower / El Soplavientos (see below)
An epic adventure that blends real history and fiction. Characters interact through multiple interconnected narratives at different levels, developing and coordinating scenes to form one magnetic story transcending continents and centuries.
In 1947, Scott and Jeff, archaeology students from Michigan, discovered a hidden civilization high in La Sierra Madre. It wasn’t the discovery that fascinated them; it was something else they never could have imagined.
In the 16 century, the Spanish Conqueror Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán invaded an indigenous nation, and Tzupilali, the daughter of their ruler, survived the massacre. Centuries later, it is her descendants that greet Scott and Jeff. They band together with Chema, the current leader of the Tonallíns, and by the 1980s, what Scott and Jeff could have never imagined, makes this indigenous nation worth billions.
The plot centers around Adán, a seven-year-old orphan in 1987 who is forced to uncover his unknown heritage, facing danger in every direction to save everything he holds dear. He is a brilliant individual whose only dream is to play trumpet in a mariachi band.
This saga and epic adventure unfolds in 4 volumes––Book One to Book Four.
Chicano Migrant Farm Worker
Continuing from Children of the Cotton Field, this book tells the story of Chicano families who traveled over 1,000 miles from home to pick crops. They were close-knit, optimistic people who saw life as one great adventure. Excerpt: “In the late 60s, while teenage hippies were smoking pot and protesting, I was a teenager picking fruit and vegetables as a migrant farmworker far from home, humbly stooped, picking crops at low wages so Americans would have affordable food at the grocery store.”
