Four generations of Pacheco women posed together: Mary, Jennifer McKinney, Evelyn, and Emilia (identified from left to right): photographic print

The Pacheco women featured in this photograph personify the melting-pot phenomenon so common in Las Vegas. Emilia, the matriarch (far right) was born in Sonora, Mexico and moved to Las Vegas in 1940 with her husband, Francisco, a cement finisher. She gave birth to her oldest daughter, Mary (far left), who was born in the United States. Emilia raised Mary in a traditional Mexican home and culture. Mary married a fellow Mexican, but her daughter, Evelyn (third from left) married a non-hispanic and later gave birth to Emilia's great-grand daughter, Jennifer McKinney (second from left).