Rodolfo Neri Portrait

Rodolfo Neri
2019
graphite, ink and gouache on paper
7 x 10 inches plus frame
 
What migrant became the first Mexican to go into outer space, introducing tortillas as part of the staple diet for astronauts?

RODOLFO NERI
Telecommunications engineer and astronaut
Chilpancingo, Mexico - UK - Kennedy Space Center and Edwards Air Force Base, USA

One of a series of 50 illustrations portraying migrants who changed the world for the book for young readers entitled Vidas sin fronteras: 51 historias para derribar los muros by Yaiza Santos and Annuska Angulo (Alfaguara, 2019).