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Noé Lara
Noé Lara was born on a ranch near Austin, the State Capitol of Texas. He was one of 13 children born to Mexican immigrants don David and doña Aurora Lara. The Lara family spent sev...view moreNoé Lara was born on a ranch near Austin, the State Capitol of Texas. He was one of 13 children born to Mexican immigrants don David and doña Aurora Lara. The Lara family spent several years in the migrant stream which took them as far north as Wisconsin. They settled in the South Plains of West Texas where cotton crops were abundant and provided a living for their large family.
The author attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas and earned both a Bachelor and a Masters degree in Sociology. As an adult, he has worked in Texas, Washington D.C., and in New Mexico. Noé Lara and his wife Diana now call Los Lunas, New Mexico home.
In November 2005, he retired from a career in Human Services. His last position was as County Office Manager for the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) and working in the southern part of New Mexico. He presently works as an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Mexico Valencia Campus. He has been sharing his knowledge and experiences with his students since 1996.
This is the author’s second book. In his first book; ?Cuantas Piscas? A Latino’s Lonely Journey to Success, he describes coming of age experiences as he enters a world dominated by a culture other than his own. He describes his struggles to assimilate into that culture and the challenges that he faced as he pursued the “ American Dream”.
The author derives inspiration from his past experiences as a farmworker, a Child Protective Service worker and manager, and as a college professor. His rich Mexican culture, his family life experiences growing up in rural communities, and his passion for learning and teaching also serves to enrich his work.
Anais Nin, in her book The Diary of Anais Nin, writes:
“Why one writes is a question I can answer easily, having so often asked it of myself. I believe one writes because one has to create a world in which one can live. I could not live in the other worlds offered to me: The world of my parents, the world of Henry Miller, the world of Gonzalo, or the world of wars. I had to create a world of my own, like a climate, a country, an atmosphere in which I can breathe, reign and recreate myself when destroyed by living. That I believe is the reason for every work of art. The artist is the only one who knows the world is a subjective creation, that there is a choice to be made, a selection of elements. It is a materialization, an incarnation of his inner world. Then he hopes to attract others into it, he hopes to impose his particular vision and share it with others.”view less