A Cuban Refugee's Journey to the American Dream. Gonzalez<|

A Cuban Refugee's Journey to the American DreamThe Power of Education\nAuthor(s): Gerardo M. Gonzalez\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Indiana University Press, United States\nImprint: Indiana University Press\nISBN-13: 9780253035554, 978-0253035554\nSynopsis\nIn February 1962, three years into Fidel Castro's rule of their Cuban homeland, the Gonzlez familyan auto mechanic, his wife, and two young childrenlanded in Miami with a few personal possessions and two bottles of Cuban rum. As his parents struggled to find work, eleven-year-old Gerardo struggled to fit in at school, where a teacher intimidated him and school authorities placed him on a vocational track. Inspired by a close friend, Gerardo decided to go to college. He not only graduated but, with hard work and determination, placed himself on a path through higher education that brought him to a deanship at the Indiana University School of Education.\n In this deeply moving memoir, Gonzlez recounts his remarkable personal and pr.