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Proud American
Being the only child of a single mother, Sergio was raised by his maternal grandparents in a South Texas region better known as the Rio Grande Valley. This memoir details his upbringing as a poor migrant worker of Mexican descent having to pick crops for a living since the age of seven. As a way to break from the family cycle of picking crops and depending on government welfare programs, Sergio joined the United States Army and served ten years on active duty. He was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina shortly after the Bosnian War only to find and deal with the aftermath of the genocide that took place there and be caught in the middle of several attacks. His experiences in Bosnia ultimately led to experiencing signs and symptoms related to PTSD. After completing ten years of military service, Sergio joined the U.S. Border Patrol. Being of Mexican descent and having family in South Texas and in Mexico gave way to new issues of having to counter threats against his family and ill-willed opinions of him for arresting and deporting “his own kind.”
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Mi Orgullo Americano
Desde los campos migrantes del sur de Texas hasta los campos de batalla en tierras lejanas, Mi Orgullo Americano narra la extraordinaria historia real de un hombre que se elevó a través de la adversidad, el servicio y el sacrificio para honrar al país que lo formó. Sergio A. Tinoco comparte su recorrido desde un joven trabajador migrante pobre hasta soldado y agente federal, revelando las luchas invisibles que existen detrás del uniforme – donde el deber se cruza con la humanidad y la fortaleza nace del dolor y la pérdida.
Tinoco nos recuerda que detrás de cada uniforme vive una historia- de amor, de pérdida y del lazo inquebrantable entre nuestras raíces y aquello por lo que estamos dispuestos a luchar.
A lo largo de momentos de valentía, fe y redención, Tinoco nos muestra que detrás de cada soldado y de cada agente existe un hijo, un padre, un soñador… y, por encima de todo, un creyente en los ideales de su nación. Intenso, honesto y profundamente humano, Mi Orgullo Americano es un testimonio conmovedor de resiliencia, sacrificio y del espíritu indestructible del sueño americano.
“Una historia de servicio, sacrificio y orgullo de un hispanoamericano.”
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