Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope is a non-fiction book, by Jenna Bush, daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush. Ana's Story is the account of a 17-year-old mother who was born with HIV. Bush met Ana, identified only by her first name, while an intern for UNICEF in Latin America. Because of discrimination against AIDS victims, some names and details in the story were altered to protect the subjects.
Bush graduated from the University of Texas in 2...
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Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope is a non-fiction book, by Jenna Bush, daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush. Ana's Story is the account of a 17-year-old mother who was born with HIV. Bush met Ana, identified only by her first name, while an intern for UNICEF in Latin America. Because of discrimination against AIDS victims, some names and details in the story were altered to protect the subjects.
Bush graduated from the University of Texas in 2004 and worked on her father's 2004 reelection campaign before taking a job as a teaching assistant at a charter school in Washington, D.C. Many of her students at the charter school had Latin American backgrounds, and Bush decided to learn more about their home countries. Along with her friend Mia Baxter, a former photographer for Glamour Magazine, she applied to work for UNICEF. Bush and Baxter set out to document the lives of AIDS victims living in "exclusion," a UNICEF term for people not receiving education, health care and other social...
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