In the novel Aliens: Vasquez, Castro tells the origin story of Pvt. Vasquez, the Latina space marine played by actress Jenette Goldstein in the beloved 1986 science fiction-horror sequel Aliens.

San Antonio author V. Castro’s ‘Aliens: Vasquez’ the first in sci-fi franchise by a Latina writer By Deborah Martin , Staff writer Updated July 13, 2022 11:38 a.m.