Please join us as we discuss Spirit Run by Noe Alvarez. Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noe Alvarez worked at an apple–packing plant alongside his mother, who slouched over a conveyor belt of fruit, shoulder to shoulder with mothers conditioned to believe this was all they could do with their lives. A university scholarship offered escape, but as a first–generation Latino college–goer, Alvarez struggled to fit in.
