The Circuit

Storyboard Description

The Jimenez family crosses the boarder into California to live a better life but end up facing many hardships and difficult times.

Storyboard Text

  • moving to California
  • Farm work starts
  • New school
  • Francisco
  • Francisco and his mom, dad, and older brother, Roberto, illegally cross the boarder into California in search for a better life.
  • Torito gets sick
  • The family goes to work at different farms hoping to make enough money to survive and live a good life.
  • Francisco leaves a great opportunity
  • Francisco goes to school for the first time and likes it. He begins to make friends and even receives an award for drawing.
  • the family gets caught by boarder patrol
  • Torito, one of Francisco's little brothers, gets really sick and almost dies. He survives and the family continues with their lives
  • Francisco meets a nice teacher that is good and was going to teach Francisco had to move to a different farm.
  • After a stroke of bad luck the family moves to Santa Maria where they begin to settle in. Soon Roberto finds a stable job and Francisco thinks that they will finally be able to stay in one place. Unfortunately, Francisco and Roberto are caught by the United States Border Patrol.