In chronological time, 1971 is now almost 35 years ago, but in ideological time it seems to me like only yesterday. In chronological time, 1971 is a world and a half ago, tucked into the mnemonic archives of the Chicano Movement. In May of that year, the Journal of Social Casework published a special issue of various pieces on Chicano concerns across multiple disciplines edited by Lydia Aguirre, professor of socialwork at the University of Texas at El Paso who convinced Margaret Mangold, editor of the Journal of Social Casework, to produce that special issue. Aware that I was completing a work on Mexican American Literature, Lydia encouraged me to submit a piece for that special issue.