Small Room, Big Dreams: The Journey of Julián and Joaquin Castro

SMALL ROOM, BIG DREAMS: THE JOURNEY OF JULIÁN AND JOAQUIN CASTRO starts with the scene of Joaquin introducing brother Julián at the 2012 Democratic National Convention then quickly flashes back to how they got there -- starting with their grandmother Victoriana at age 7, in 1922, crossing the border from Mexico into Texas with her sister after both their parents had died. Victoriana grew up, cleaned houses for a living, and had a daughter, named Rosie, who graduated high school at the top of her high school class, got a scholarship to college, and was the first Chicana (Mexican American) to run for San Antonio City Council. She married a teacher and they had the twin boys. The boys' father left when they were 8, and they shared a tiny room with their grandmother, Victoriana, whom they called Mamo. The boys helped their mom as she worked on political campaigns to help more Mexican Americans get elected, were both top students and tennis stars in high school and went to college at Stanford. They went to Harvard Law School, then returned home to San Antonio, aiming to make a difference there. Julián became mayor and then Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Obama administration, and ran for president in 2020. Joaquin was elected to represent Texas' 20th District in the U.S. House of Representatives.