Journey of Hope, Memoirs of a Mexican Girl is the autobiography of a Mexican girl who immigrates illegally to Los Angeles, California in the 1970’s.  The book begins with a very young Rosalina recounting her early childhood memories in a small town surrounded by farms in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico.  Rosalina takes her readers on a vivid journey into life in Mexico as experienced by a young girl in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.  Surrounded by poverty, the only real hope for many people in the town for a job, a decent life, and an education was to emigrate illegally to the United States. Follow along the Journey of Hope taken by one Mexican girl whose love for learning and appreciation for America will touch your heart.