Stories of Anapra community members.

The story of Eluteria

Lute lives at home with her son, Jesus (19 years old). Jesus is the one who supports himself and his mom. Lute is originally from Torreon. She came to Juarez when she was 15 years old. Her parents decided to move to Juarez for work because her father did not have a good job in

The story of Faustina

Faustina and her family came to Anapra looking for land to build in order to have their own place to live. Faustina is from Juarez and her husband is from Durango. In 2004 with 4 children at the time they got a big land and decided to divide it in three parts; one part for

The story of Margarita

Margarita and her husband Daniel came to Cd. Juarez from Oaxaca in 1999. They left Margarita’s two small sons in Oaxaca with their grandparents. They came to look for a better future for their children. In Oaxaca the teachers would miss school a lot, and the schools were extremely poor. Margarita knew her children would

The story of Estela

When I came to Anapra I had five children. The youngest was 5 months old. We moved to Anapra looking for our own place to live where our kids could run and play and feel free. We had been renting close to downtown where there was running water, electricity and schools were close by. But,

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