Finding a Mexican American Educational Autobiography

Finding a Mexican American Educational AutobiographyHave you ever written a Mexican American, educational autobiography from a Mexican American perspective? There are a number of ways to do this. For instance, a person could write an autobiography from their own perspective, that is, from the point of view of an ordinary Mexican American (usually high school or college students who might be writing autobiographies for the first time) or from the perspective of someone close to them (a relative or friend).One of the easiest ways to start with an autobiography is to find a memoir from one of your family members, such as your grandfather or grandmother. You can use this autobiography to help get you started on the right track and may be able to identify your own characteristics in it. For example, if your grandparents have a lot of stories to tell about some experience they had with their parents, how would they have described those experiences if they were to be writing a memoir?Anothe r way to begin an educational autobiography from a Mexican American perspective is to write a story that tells about your parents, or someone close to you. This could be your aunt or a cousin. A lot of times, when a family member or a friend writes a memoir, they will tell you about a life-changing experience. How would your friend describe this life-changing experience if they were to be writing a memoir?A few years ago, I wrote a contemporary memoir that recounted my life as a Mexican American. When I was still working toward my degree in English, I was inspired by the plethora of Mexican American memoirs available online. What I found was that all of these memoirs were written by professional writers who are highly educated in the language and culture of Mexico.Many of the memoirs told how their mothers managed the home or the family finances, but many more told about growing up in Mexico, the Americanization of the family and how the child learns about Spanish in school. However , what I found was that the memoirs that mentioned education and learning English were quite short and that most of the memoirs included anecdotes about the Mexican American family life in America. Most of the narratives were short, so that if I wanted to keep going in the narrative I would have to write more.I wanted to learn how to write an educational autobiography that included the Mexican perspective. That is, how could I write a memoir from the perspective of a Mexican American? How could I take my Mexican American family or friends' stories and turn them into a narrative? I wanted to include their stories about growing up, their stories about going to school, and their stories about learning the language of Spanish.With that in mind, I began searching for a memoir that I could use to write my autobiography. I found that there were a lot of Mexican American memoirs out there in English. The problem was that I didn't know which ones to choose, and where did I start?Fortunately, I found the Internet to be an excellent source of finding the memoir that I needed for my educational autobiography. I found a number of good, factual, well-written Mexican American essays and a handful of personal memoirs. Once I had selected the memoir that I wanted to use to write my autobiography, I took it to the computer and began writing my autobiography.