Lupita
Lupita (name changed due to safety concerns) is a young widow with 5 children from southern Mexico, in one of the states controlled by organized crime. Her husband was killed in front of her young children when he refused to work for one of the cartels who controlled their village. Read more…
Chelo
Chelo came from an extremely impoverished village in Nicaragua. In 2018, Chelo left her home country due to the dangerous political upheaval that has swept her nation. Militia members killed other peaceful activists and pursued her and her husband. Chelo and her husband Juan traveled for several months before arriving Read more…
Juanita
Juanita is an indigenous Mayan young woman from the highlands of Guatemala. She speaks Q’anjob’al, one of the many Mayan languages in this diverse nation. Juanita left her impoverished village with her husband, Jose, and their young toddler. They feared for their lives because the corrupt local government claimed their Read more…