Paloma Esquivel is a Summer 2006 intern at The Nation.
She recently received a master's degree in journalism from
Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications;
she has a bachelor's degree in Human Geography from the University of California, Berkeley.
Young, US-born Hispanics who took to the streets to push for immigrant
rights are hoping to become a potent political force in the midterm
elections and beyond.


