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Like many other Mexicans at the time, Francisco Alarcon’s grandparents moved to the U.S. following the Mexican Revolution (1910-917). They returned to Mexico after the Big Depression. Alarcon’s U.S. born mother and uncles returned to the U.S. in the 40s during the war effort. For Alarcon, who was born in the U.S. but also lived in Guadalajara, Mexico as a child, the border doesn’t really exist. Francisco Alarcon is a bi-national, bi-cultural, bilingual poet and educator. His children’s books vividly paint pictures of Latino culture, family, fun, and flavor. Alarcón directed the Spanish for Native Speakers Program at the University of California, Davis, before his death in 2016.
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