He began collecting books from the trash almost 20 years ago and created a library for all the children in his poverty-stricken community. He calls his library “La Fuerza de la Palabras”, meaning “the strength of words”. He recalls how his mother read him stories every night, despite being unable to keep him in school. Jose therefore refers to books as the “community salvation”. This shows the idea of how the community gets together and help each other out when something is needed. In the mural, we incorporated a train car with books in it to represent what Jose did for the
He began collecting books from the trash almost 20 years ago and created a library for all the children in his poverty-stricken community. He calls his library “La Fuerza de la Palabras”, meaning “the strength of words”. He recalls how his mother read him stories every night, despite being unable to keep him in school. Jose therefore refers to books as the “community salvation”. This shows the idea of how the community gets together and help each other out when something is needed. In the mural, we incorporated a train car with books in it to represent what Jose did for the