Download or read book Literacy For Empowerment written by Concha Delgado-Gaitan University of California, Davis, USA. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study the essence of literacy is observed in the Portillo Community when working-class Mexican-American parents empowered each other by sharing their experiences to help their children in school.