His book is a sequel of sorts to Carlos Bulosan's "America Is in the Heart", with themes of heartbreaking struggle against racism and poverty and eventual triumph. Jamero describes his early life in a farm-labour camp in Livingston, California, and the path that took him, through naval service and graduate school, far beyond Livingston. A long-time community activist and civic leader, Jamero describes decades of toil and progress before the Filipino community entered the socio-political mainstream. He shares a wealth of anecdotes and reflections from his career as an executive of health and human service programs in Sacramento, Washington, D.C., Seattle, and San Francisco.