I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

After the death of her seemingly perfect older sister, Julia is left to pick up the pieces and discovers that her sister may. Sánchez is repped by Aevitas Creative Management and Gersh. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is a gripping portrayal of a contemporary Mexican American teenager who is caught between the cultural expectations of her traditional family and her desire to forge her own path. Chávez is repped by WME and The Mission Entertainment. She can currently be seen in the sixth and final season of the NBC comedy, Superstore.įerrera is repped by CAA, B Company Management and Peikoff Mahan. Executive Producers are Aevitas’s Michelle Brower, and MACRO’s Greta Fuentes.įerrera picked up her Emmy and Golden Globe wins her role as Betty Suarez on the ABC series Ugly Betty, which ran for four seasons. King and Poppy Hanks and Aevitas Creative Management’s David Kuhn. I can’t wait to share this film with the many fans of the novel, and to introduce this funny, profound, and resonant story to the world.”ĭoreen Wilcox Little of Anonymous is producing the pic with MACRO’s Charles D. The opportunity to direct the work of these two incredibly talented Latina writers is a dream come true. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is the Coming-of-Age Novel Chicana Teens Deserve By Emilly Prado 10.17.17 Erika L. I am truly honored and humbled to direct Linda Yvette Chávez’s beautifully adapted screenplay. “The depth, wit and searing intelligence of her writing, and her young Latina heroine, struck me to my core and left me wanting so much more. Sánchez’ stunning novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter,” said Ferrera.

When Julia travels to Mexico to visit her family, she witnesses the violence of the narcos, or bosses and dealers with tied to the drug trade, and understands for the first time how much her parents have sacrificed in order to give her a better life.Netflix's 'Queen Cleopatra' EP Says Controversial Casting Choice 'Reflects The Multicultural Nature Of Ancient Egypt' Julia’s friend Lorena, too, daily feels the impact of the violence and cruelty at the border: her father did not make it across after getting lost in the desert with his coyote and their group. Julia’s parents crossed the border illegally, at the mercy of predatory coyotes who, Julia learns, raped her mother while holding a gun to her father’s head. are forced to experience-poverty, labor exploitation, and living in constant fear of discovery and deportation-are a part of Julia and her family’s daily lives. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter.

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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is set in modern-day Chicago, and through Julia’s biting and adroit point of view, it explores many issues facing not just the city of Chicago, but those experienced by immigrant families as well.

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez