Jimmy Santiago Baca Summary

In the article “Jimmy Santiago Baca” by the poetry foundation the authors explain how language got him so far and what he had to do before his life was changed. When he knew what he would do to change his life. As for him he didn't know how to survive until he was put in prison and found who he wanted to become and that was to be better. To thrive to know what he could do, instead of sitting back doing nothing knowing if he did that he would still be where he was years ago. When he learned to express himself and write stories he thrived to get past the time when he didn't know how to survive. After time he found his voice and shared his voice with others and made something out of himself, while using communication to connect to sources