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Hi-Lo 3: Holding Hands and Africa

By First Person Foreign on October 26, 2018

The weekend was ending.
I was excited to get back to Santa Clara, to my bed, to my home.
We bid Ryan goodbye, Sabrina and I, and got on a bus. The first of many. These are two lady volunteers who I didn’t know before service. Ryan lives in a pueblo…

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Hi-Lo 2: Screaming Babies and Crying Grandmas

By First Person Foreign on October 19, 2018

I ran past the place where I fell and I didn’t fall. There was no chucha to scare me off the road and onto the sidewalk which is why the whole thing happened. To be clear: the chucha was simply running next to me, she did not lash out…

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My Weekend with Brócoli

By First Person Foreign on October 17, 2018

On this quiet Sunday afternoon, I was sandwiched squarely between an older, sleeping man and a younger woman in bright coral and pink traje with plastic beading shouting across the neckline. I don’t love this about modern traje: the younger girls like to decorate the already stunning patterns with…

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