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By Dan Nonte, University Relations
Contact: (336) 334-4314
Posted 10-22-09
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sonia Nazario visits UNCG Monday, Nov. 16, to discuss her book, “Enrique’s Journey: The Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother.”
UNCG chose “Enrique’s Journey,” the true story of a Honduran boy’s struggle to find his mother in the U.S., as the 2009-10 All Campus Read.
Nazario will speak to UNCG students, faculty and staff from 3-4 p.m. in Cone Ballroom, Elliott University Center.
She will address the greater community from 7-9 p.m. in the Sullivan Science Building Auditorium. This session is free an open to the public.
News & Record columnist Jeri Rowe wrote a Nov. 15 article about the book and the All Campus Read.
Book signings will follow both presentations. Copies of “Enrique’s Journey” will be available in the UNCG Bookstore.
Enrique’s story is both poignant and filled with adventure.
Sixteen-year-old Enrique, desperate for the mother who has gone to America to earn money for his care, sets off alone from the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, with little more than a slip of paper bearing his mother’s North Carolina telephone number. Without money, he makes the dangerous and illegal trek up the length of Mexico by clinging to the sides and tops of freight trains.
Nazario is a 20-year journalism veteran, who currently writes for the L.A. Times. Her series about Enrique in the Times won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.
The UNCG University Libraries, the English Department, the Lloyd International Honors College, the Human Rights Research Network, Housing and Residence Life and the Graduate Student Association are sponsoring Nazario’s visit.