It was lunchtime, and Evelyn Flores was starting to get really hungry. As she watched her fellow second graders leave the classroom to buy their lunch, she started to worry.
Flores lived in San Mateo, Mexico, with her parents, who were flower farmers. The family was struggling financially, so instead of buying lunch, Flores’ mother would drop off food. But that day, she didn’t show up.
“I was like, what happened? Why [is] my mom not here?” Flores remembered.
Usually, Flores would eat her lunch and then go and play with her friends. But her hunger and worry made it difficult to want to do much of anything.
