Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution's National
Museum of the American Latino, Nuestras Voces shares inspiring Latino
stories. It is 1898, and twelve-year-old Paloma lives in Puerto Rico
with her Papi, Mama, and little brother, Jorge. They are coffee farmers,
and Paloma loves the goats, chickens, and fruit trees that she helps to
care for. She also loves music--the song of the coqui frogs who sing her
to sleep, and the melodies from Papi's tiple guitar. But Paloma's world
begins to change when United States soldiers invade Puerto Rico, long
controlled by Spain. What will happen to their farm, their culture, the
island? As Paloma and her family navigate changes they can't control,
they hold tightly to each other and hope for a better future. In diary
format, the Nuestras Voces series profiles inspiring characters and
honors the joys, challenges, and outcomes of Latino experiences.