Looking down from the hilltop of her family's San Diego home, Monica Hernandez can see the sweep of the Tijuana skyline. Read more...
Photo: Second-year political science and Chicana and Chicano studies student Soraya Ramos (left) and third-year history and Chicana and Chicano studies student Monica Hernandez both have connections to the Mexican regions known for drug-related violence and view the area differently than is portrayed by the mainstream media.