But personal experience may cloud the reader's judgment of the article. For example: My sister's boyfriend lives in the United States and does not have a social security number. He travels to several states working and harvesting corn among many other difficult jobs. He would like to buy a car, but the group travels too much and he wouldn't have anyone to approve it. He is doing his best to provide for his family. If he read this article, he would understand it on another level. He would understand the long hours, not being able to respond, and was haunted by the thought that his employer could destroy his dream with just two words: "You're fired." However, there is no prejudice because the writer avoids expressing her personal opinion. Taking a leap of faith, I would say that since the writer's name is hyphenated, one can assume that the writer's wife may be Mexican or of Hispanic origin. A personal anecdote from Gomberg-Muñoz would have done wonders for his writing and would certainly have helped the audience better understand the immigrant perspective. This would have been possible because she can communicate her or her husband's story better than her extensive experience in writing. But she doesn't use this to her advantage. Instead, the writer simply is the narrator and