The other girls thought I was from Mexico, and they used to say “go back to your Mexico, where you should be.”
Farmworkers
It turns out that the people in the office looked at the report the doctor sent from the hospital and they realized she got hurt. They asked what had happened.
In The Fields
I only went to the hospital and back to the house. A week later and I’m making his lunches, doing everything I can.
Méndez
Working in the fields will always be one of the best experiences and lessons of my life, as I was always someone who thought (and said) that I would never work doing this.
Strength
Since then I have participated in trainings, many educational meetings, and they have also taught me about our rights and to know how worthy we are as women.
My Kids, My Family, My Church, and My Community Are ...
I came to this country because I lived a life of domestic violence with my husband. I crossed the mountains along with my 1-year-old daughter and I survived.
Handcrafted in Morelos
Sometimes, I think that if I could have wings, I would fly to him.
Wings to Fly High
When electric lighting reached the community, and there was clean drinking water and TV, all the families began to grow apart and isolated.
The Beautiful Chelincito
I cannot stand when people talk about skin color as if that makes them different, and much less in this country where we all come from different nations, which is what makes this country so beautiful – diversity.
Colors Form The Rainbow
Having to be father and mother to my two children, it was not easy. I cried many times, but I also laughed a lot with them