Reinanda Macaranas ELA Period 7 Mrs. Andrews March 01, 2024 Maria Lorena Barros Speech
“These stories make us uncomfortable, these experiences make us enraged, and these moments make us realize that these stories were those of people fighting for their freedoms; That should never be seen as wrong.” When I was just five, I found an interest in poetry. When I went to high school I attended many extracurriculars, one of them being the director of the school play. Not only that, but I had a fond interest in student activism when I started college. I am considered a historical figure and activist because I suffered many things while going against the government. Not only this, but I joined an activism group and later, created my organization called…show more content… I was born on March 18, 1948, my mother, Alicia Morelos, gave birth to me but as I was growing up my father, Romeo Barros, died. This made me grow up with my mother, fraternal grandfather, and aunt in a modest home. They were strict on education and proper manners. During grade school, I was one of the top students in the entire school. It was probably the fact that I had an early love for literature and had cultivated learning from my mother. But since I was an only child, my mother would buy me books so that I would not feel lonely. Going into high school since I was a scholar, which made me join many extracurriculars like being the editor of the school newspaper, or President of the Junior Red Cross. Ending my adolescence once I graduated high school and went on to…show more content… The first time I was captured was in October 1973, when I was pregnant, I was captured by the military in Sorsogon and was interrogated and tortured, because of the stress of the interrogations and torture, I had a miscarriage. But as I was forced into hiding, I had to leave Makibaka, spending most of my time in the New People’s Army. However, in November of 1973, I was captured again, but yet again escaped. After three years of my last escape, I was eventually captured again. I tried to fight my way through, but it ended in a horrible injury leading to my
