My sister, my sunshine. The one who makes dark days into bright days like a sun, living in her own little perfect world where problems don't exist and nothing in the world is bad. The child of great opportunities born from Mexican parents but within the United States. Maria José will not know how difficult it is living without documents; she is and always will be a happy child. She can go to school and graduate without a problem, if she wants it to be that way.

~ Elsa


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