When she was just nine, Luz Chavez Gonzales started making frequent trips to Washington, D.C., to attend rallies and other actions for immigration reform with a high-school-aged cousin. "We were always, always in D.C," Chavez Gonzales said.
Her family had come to the U.S. from Bolivia when she was 4, making their home in Gaithersburg, Maryland, a suburb about 30 miles outside of D.C. For plenty of young people, that geographic fate might have just meant primo access to some top-notch field trips, but for Chavez Gonzales, proximity to the nation's capital set her on a distinct, social justice-oriented path. Read more...
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