As a girl in school, Nelle Spilsbury was early recognized as a "good student." After the required schooling and training, she became known as the best of teachers and has taught a total of eighteen years and serving also, at times, as department head or principal. Even after her marriage to Ernest Hatch, she was kept in the teaching harness until her home and family duties demanded most of her time. Nelle Spilsbury Hatch, author of this intimate story of Colonia Juarez, writes with the sure touch of one who draws on both heart and head for her material. As a consequence, there is conviction in every line. Her own life span, and therefore her own recollections, covers the life of the town itself from the early struggles through the prosperous, wonderful years immediately preceding the Revolution and the troubled, uncertain years of resettlement. She continues in Colonia Juarez today taking an active part in the renewed growth and prosperity which now characterizes the town.