Childhood Inspirations of Juan Felipe Herrera

University of California, Riverside poetry professor Juan Felipe Herrera - known for chronicling the bittersweet lives, travails and contributions of Mexican Americans - was named California Poet Laureate by Gov. Jerry Brown for a two-year appointment. Herrera, 63, the son of migrant farm workers, holds the Tomás Rivera Chair in Creative Writing at UC Riverside. He joined the UCR faculty in 2005.