Like many immigrants fleeing poverty after a natural disaster, my family and I immigrated from El Salvador after the 2001 earthquakes devastated our country. With a lot of hard work, we opened a family restaurant where we all worked, and we bought houses in the neighborhood of Brooklyn to live close to each other. Baltimore became our home, and we feel we’re part of the hard-working and diverse community that lives here.
Climate Justice Means Putting Frontline Families Like Mine at the Front
May 24, 2022