The movie is based on the real-life events of Stockton native, former farm worker and NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez.
from MON 1:00 AM PDT until MON 9:00 AM PDT, Northwestern Mendocino Interior, Northeastern Mendocino InteriorJose Hernandez is known as the first former migrant worker to fly in space as an astronaut. Now he has a movie about his life which debuted at #1 on Amazon Prime last month.Jose Hernandez is known as the first former migrant worker to fly in space as an astronaut.
Hernandez has also written three books about his life and career journey, hoping to inspire the next generation, especially in the farmworker community. Sunday’s event was hosted by Latinos at Amazon, and over two dozen Latino professionals who also used to be farmworkers were introduced. Amazon also donated $15,000 to the Farm Worker Caravan and Alpha Jose Hernandez School, which is named after the astronaut.
"Just being Mexican, being brown-skinned, I’m sorry that was hard. Especially in an area where it was predominantly either Hispanic or Caucasian where I grew up. It was hard, it was difficult I didn’t always feel comfortable in my own skin," Rudisel said.
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