TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hernández,José M.
AU  - Estefan,Emilio
TI  - Reaching for the stars:  : the inspiring story of a migrant farmworker turned astronaut
SN  - 9781455522804
AV  - TL789.85.H469 R43 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Center Street
KW  - Hernández, José M.,
KW  - lemb
KW  - Astronautas
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Biografia
N2  - Born into a family of migrant workers, toiling in the fields by the age of six, Jose M. Hernández dreamed of traveling through the night skies on a rocket ship. [The book] is the inspiring story of how he realized that dream, becoming the first Mexican-American astronaut.  Hernández didn't speak English till he was 12, and his peers often joined gangs, or skipped school. And yet, by his twenties he was part of an elite team helping develop technology for the early detection of breast cancer. He was turned down by NASA eleven times on his long journey to donning that famous orange space suit.  Hernández message of hard work, education, perseverance, of "reaching for the stars," makes this a classic American autobiography
ER  -