Learn the History of El Salvador: Panel Discussion
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Center for Student Success, CSS 200
12:40pm to 1:30pm
Join us for a panel discussion featuring College of Marin instructors Ian Sethre, Christina Rodriguz, and Omar Ricks!
This event will provide context for the 2026-27 COMmon Read of Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora.
Javier Zamora was born in El Salvador in 1990. His father fled the country when he was one, and his mother when he was about to turn five. Both parents’ migrations were caused by the U.S.-funded Salvadoran Civil War. When he was nine Javier migrated through Guatemala, Mexico, and the Sonoran Desert. Solito shares Javier's three-thousand-mile journey. A memoir as gripping as it is moving, Solito provides an immediate and intimate account not only of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also of the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier Zamora’s story, but it’s also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home. This book, which is a New York Times bestseller, is especially meaningful for College of Marin because Javier grew up in San Rafael and his parents were COM students.
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