A Story of Hope and Suffering: Lessons from Latino Youth
By Sr. Eileen McNerney, CSJ

Barrio life comes alive in Sister Eileen McNerney’s compelling tale of young Latinos struggling to make a life in a world plagued with gang violence, drugs and teen pregnancy. At once uplifting and shocking, this book tells the story of the multi-award-winning Taller San Jose, the youths whose lives it touches, and its dedicated founder, capturing one woman’s compelling story about her work with young people growing up poor and tough in dense Southern California neighborhoods. All will be inspired and challenged by the love and determination of the Sisters of St. Joseph who make it work.

“Sister Eileen’s tale of young Central and Mexican Americans struggling to overcome violence and poverty in a society that all but discards them is deeply moving.”
      ~Martin Sheen, Actor and Activist