Erica Navejar is the Horace Mann Junior High School Principal and author of “El Sueno, The Dream”. The story focuses on a family travels from their homeland of Mexico to America. But new hardships and tests await them in the strange land.
Language barriers and cultural differences are inevitable and aside from the daily struggle to make ends meet, they all have difficulty keeping their culture alive. Still, they cling to their dream of having a better life and a brighter future. Erica was born in McAllen, Texas.