... to the majority of its students who are economic and political refugees from Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador and one in particular who is fifth grade student from El Salvador named Myra. Myra lives in a small apartment located close to school and across form the infamous McArthur Park in the Pico Union area of Los Angeles, she lives with her mother ... her right to attend Hoover Elementary and continue her pursuit of a college degree. Myra faces not only socioeconomic uncertainties but personal one's as well, Myra's father is killed on the street as a result of an apparent robbery and...

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