As she spoke, the tantalizing aroma of barbecue from the stove of cook and bus driver Judith Stross drifted from the nearby kitchen. San Jose's curriculum is tough, and it's in English. Teachers and students speak Spanish occasionally for directions. You're great,'' she smiles. One of our families arrived the other day.
Migrant life is tough.
Families share tight living quarters, sometimes sleeping five or six to a room, maybe more than 10 in a two-bedroom home. Our daughter is very confident now,'' Maria Bueno said as she chatted with Salvador's mother in the kitchen of her Spartan mobile home. Outside, a tractor kicked up dust as it dug into the deep-black, fertile soil that will soon be a strawberry field. Salvador's father was killed in a car accident in Mexico.