Gabriela
“Even I couldn’t believe it when the judge told me I’d won,” Gabriela tells me over the phone. Gabriela is calling from San Francisco, where she lives and works now that she has won her immigration case. Gabriela is tired—she just got home from her job at a taco shop—but she makes time to talk […]
Imelda
As a lesbian growing up in the mountains of El Salvador, Imelda faced constant discrimination and violence. She was bullied for dressing in boy’s clothes and survived physical violence and beatings from multiple men. When she was 19, Imelda was violently raped by a gang leader. Years later, the gang leader called her from prison, […]
Elbia
*Content Warning At the age of 14, Elbia was first approached by a 15 year old boy who asked her to be his girlfriend. When she refused, he pressured her relentlessly. Two years later, Elbia was living with him, was raped repeatedly, and found herself trapped in an abusive relationship. Elbia became terrified of her […]
