is the executive director at MANA de San Diego. She lives in University Heights. “History is written by the victors” is a quote mistakenly attributed to Winston Churchill. As a critical thinker, I’m well aware that history is rewritten all the time. I recently read an article in Time magazine about the Alamo story needing to be corrected. I grew up in Mexico, I know a different story about the Alamo. I learned that Mexico had the right to fight for its territory. Because I went to school in Mexico, I know that parts of California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado and even Wyoming were at one time Mexican territory. Latinos rightly proclaim, “We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us.” Some in the U.S. may be surprised to know that the U.S was the aggressor in the Mexican-American War that ended in 1848. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo included provisions protecting the property and civil rights of Mexicans living within the new boundaries of the United States. U.S. Latinos are part of U.S. history.