El Coyote

Why is the study of history important? The study of history is important becauseit allows us to understand our past, who we are, where we come from, and why our world is the way it is today. We have to look at history for answers, learn from our mistakes and avoid repeating them in the future. My aunt Dolores Martinez is the 10th child out of 16. She was born and raised in a small town called La Moncada in the state of Guanajuato in Mexico. As a child, like most children she went to school. Unlike the United States, it is not mandatory for kids to go to school. Unfortunately, she stopped going to school at sixth grade along with her other sister. She says she stopped going to school because they had changed her teacher. The teacher she …show more content…
Thinking about a better future, one day she, three of her siblings, and her mother decided to come to the United States. They paid about five hundred dollars per person for someone as they call it in Mexico “El Coyote” to help them cross the border.“El Coyote” is a person who smuggles immigrants to the United States with for a cost. They stayed a couple of days in Mexicali with one of their relatives still indecisive about coming to the United States. When they all made a firm decision about coming to the U.S., they took the bus from Mexicali to Tijuana. It was one warm night, when they crossed the border of Tijuana. She did not remember how much they walked, but in the morning, there was a car waiting for them, then they drove them to San Diego, California. From there they took the bus to Chicago where one of their sister and brother was …show more content…
Both of her sons have been diagnosed with a genetic disease called Muscular Dystrophy and there is no cure for it. According to “Muscular Dystrophy,” Muscular Dystrophy is “a group of genetic diseases that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass.” Both of her sons have already lost their ability to walk and each day that passes by, they lose their muscle strength. Her oldest son is a little over weight and every morning she must carry him from the bed to his electric wheelchair or to use the restroom. They have school accommodations; a bus with a ramp comes to pick them up and drop them off; they must access to an elevator; and help them use the restroom. Every six months they go to Shriners Hospital. Shriners Hospitals for children specializes in children with rare diseases. In that hospital, they see a cardiologist, pulmonary doctor, neurologist, nutritionist and other medical specialists. Every Tuesday when they come from school, she takes them to therapy. The therapy helps them stretch their muscles and delays the loss of their muscle and joints. At night, they have to wear braces to have their muscles stretched out. Sadly, with this disease, they usually die in their late teens or early