Alexandra
A.
Maldonado
In 1861 to 1872, Mexico's President Benito Ju rez initiates economic and political reforms designed to benefit the poor. And from 1884 to 1911, Porfirio D & Iacuteaz was president of Mexico. But n 1901, was the birth of Alexandra A. Maldonado n Mazatl n, Sinaloa, Mexico. He was only ten years ole when Diaz was over thrown & thousands of families including Maldorado's family, immigrated to the United States. They settled in San Francisco, California. During the appearance of Haleys comet and the Mexican Revolution, (in 1910) Maldonado was also ten, when he entered school in San Francisco, where he learned to speak English despite being ridiculed for his lack of experience with the language . For him, growing up in the North Beach area of San Francisco, is what he experienced as a rough place to live. He thought of North Beach as a neighborhood that deals with prejudice, ideals cities, and better worlds.
Out of fog Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge and S...
Portsmouth Square, San Francisco, California. Earl...
English: San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge at nightMaldonado (as a child) was fascinated by experiencing the sight of Haley's comet ( which appears every 76 years).
At age 14, Maldonado worked full-time while training to become a boxer. In the 1020's, boxing become a legalized sport in the United States, ushering in the "golden age of boxing". During his five-year career as a professional, he won every fight. His nick-name as a boxer was "Frankie Baker". The year was 1029, and the League Of United American Citizens formed. In 1935, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs aim to ease effects of Great
Depression. And from 1939 to 1945, World War II occurs. During the World War II, Maldonado worked in a shipyard as a riveter. He later, held jobs as a shipping clerk and production line worker. Maldonado was encourage by his sister to take up painting...