Gilbert resident Sonia Reyes Corella (far right), with her children, David Callahan and Danielle Corella, can trace their family history to Mexican pioneer Manuela Sánchez Sotelo, who contributed to ASU’s founding and the early growth of what is now Tempe. (Courtesy of Sonia Reyes Corella)
Roots can be hard to untangle.
It took Sonia Reyes Corella of Gilbert over 40 years to discover she is a descendant of a Mexican pioneer who contributed to the founding of Arizona State University.
But it didn’t take long after that to realize how similar they are…
