The Hardworking Mother

Name: Guadalupe last name: Cruz Hernández age: 21 Mexican nationality lives in Puebla Zaragoza She works in a fruit market where she is in charge of arranging fruits and vegetables in heavy wooden crates, her clothes are always dirty with dirt, her face is sweaty but she tries to maintain a delicate personal hygiene, taking care of her hair, using perfume and taking care of her body odor. She usually wears a white shirt with dirt stains from working, jean shorts and a baseball cap from some political party to protect herself from the sun and a Messy pony tail When she is not working she likes to wear typical Puebla dresses and braids. Name: Emiliano Cruz Hernandez age: 5 months 14 days Guadalupe's son, a small baby that she sometimes carries in her arms or occasionally leaves at daycare

Guadalupe does not have parents, she says that she left her home state when she was just a teenager out of pure rebellion, she misses her mother María and her father Emilio very much. She became pregnant at age 21 after being abused by a drunk man in the dark of the night, which led her to have her first son Emiliano, whom he called in a similar way to his father. He lives in a single-story, two-bedroom mortgaged house, a tin roof over his head and a dirt floor under his feet.

Guadalupe Cruz Hernández mexican resident of Puebla Zaragoza a single mother worker in a fruit market. She works non-stop day and night rain or shine, she will be working hard for her little son Emiliano She is always tired, she never has time to rest sacrificing her physical and mental health to get ahead and pay the bills of a mortgaged home. Sometimes she brings with her her little boy Emiliano a baby of just 5 months and 12 days, when they ask Guadalupe who the father is, she looks with a sad face and says "I hope God doesn't put him in my way again." She is just a young woman of 21 who carries a huge weight on her shoulders...