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Nopalitos
My grandma's house, where I lived when I was a kid, had a great little farm in the backyard with fruit trees, edible prickly pear cactus, a vegetable garden, and chickens. Taking care of the chickens was fun - although cleaning the coop, not so much. Gathering the ripe fruits and vegetables from her garden […]
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How I Learned to Communicate the Hard Way
Communication is a two-way process. I learned it the hard way. Ten years ago, I worked with a group of women from Golfo de Santa Clara, a small fishing town in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico. My colleague Claudia and I were interested in land protection. While visiting the community, we realized that plastic […]
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El otro lado
El otro lado is the expression Mexicans use to refer to America. It literally means the other side, as on the other side of the border. The first time I visited America I was impressed by the roads, parks, and houses – so different from Mexico. I knew we were not rich, but I never thought of […]
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Quite a Journey
The first time I visited Tucson I was 7 years old. I still remember my mom driving her brand new bright red Volkswagen Beetle, my sister and I in the back seat, glued to the windows, eyes wide open, jaws dropped in amazement. The tall buildings, the big houses, the wide roads and bridges all seemed perfect, […]
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