Reconciling Heritage and Hope Between Chicago and Mexico – The New York Times

Reconciling Heritage and Hope Between Chicago and Mexico

A son of immigrant parents balances a desire to embrace his cultural roots with the better life his parents sacrificed to give him.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/lens/reconciling-heritage-and-hope-between-chicago-and-mexico.html

A few years ago, Daniel Ramos’s grandmother asked him just how did he make a living as a photographer. Grants, he replied. His grandmother was puzzled: Do they pay you in food?