Category: Origin Story

This post will be a follow up to The Past pt. 2. Please, go read that before continuing on this post.  My dad’s time as a contract field worker was extremely tough. There are a couple of things I didn’t include in the previous post that I wanted to bring up.  My dad’s trips to the…

This is a followup to The Past pt. 1. Please, visit that post before reading on. Also, this is a bit lengthier than my previous posts. I believe the details are necessary to convey more of my origin story. Once we were in Chicago in May of 1999, my mom and I had to wait…

I came to the United States when I was 3 years old. I crossed the border with my mom. We crossed the border in El Paso, TX. Unfortunately, my mom was detained and returned to Mexico. I ended up as a toddler alone without my mother and father for about a month waiting for my…