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This book illustrates the strengths of Mexican laborers. The author models what it means to be bold and question education and policy, which I strive for in my scholarship and as a parent to an inquisitive daughter. His works reflect my family’s immigration and schooling processes by centering my father’s Bracero experience and my mother’s challenges in segregated, low-resourced schools. Dr. Gonzalez teaches us to unlearn miseducation and use our positionality to shape opportunities for others.