“I work as a waste picker (cartonero). Every day I get up and go to work. I work hard. I live quietly, and do not bother anyone. I don’t want to tell you about my story. Our story here in slums are difficult to understand. It’s about surviving. You can’t give up. I take care of animals. I like having animals. I have two horses and a mare. I found her abandoned. She was very ill and abandoned, because she was about to die. I cured her. She is alive and beautiful now.”
“I moved here 22 years ago. All my children were raised here. I have lived here since my oldest child was 8 months, and now she is 22 years old....
“You have to understand something about my story; I'm living in a slum not because I want to but because sometime life, whatever you do, beats you hard. Now, I...
“We have lived here for four years. My children are Argentinian, my husband is from Argentina. I am Chilean. I met my husband when I was in Monte Grande. When...
“I was born here in Monte Grande. My parents came from the province of Buenos Aires. My father had a farm here. He had cows and pigs. He sold milk....