Coming to America | Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined

Examine the ways author Julia Alvarez tells her story of transition from the Dominican Republic to the United States in this resource from the American Masters film Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined. Alvarez discusses the joys of her childhood, while revealing the pressures of assimilation in the United States. Guide your students through questions that will ask them to examine their own lives while understanding the many layers of Alvarez’s life.