Boy of the Year: Competing for a DreamBoy of the Year; Competing for a Dream, is a memoir about growing up. The place: a tough Mexican American barrio in El Paso, Texas. The time: the late 1950's and early 1960's. The culture: deeply rooted in Mexico but the aspirations were decidedly American. The future, however, was bleak. Socio economic and educational achievement of the barrio parents almost all of whom were first generation Mexican immigrants had been low and the prospects of