{"id":5935,"date":"2021-05-18T09:26:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=5935"},"modified":"2025-10-08T09:20:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:20:36","slug":"me-encanta-que-mi-cocina-una-a-la-gente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/05\/18\/i-love-that-my-cooking-brings-people-together\/","title":{"rendered":"\"Me encanta que mi cocina una a la gente\""},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e35d0e8697a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Chef Arturo Barbosa was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and currently lives in Chicago\u2019s Pilsen neighborhood. He was laid off from his restaurant job during the pandemic and decided to provide family-style meals to people in his neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=5952&amp;preview=true\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hospitality and food service industries often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eater.com\/2020\/5\/29\/21273410\/undocumented-workers-coronavirus-risks\">rely on undocumented workers<\/a> but many have nowhere to turn when they are laid off. Once these workers lose their jobs they\u2019rhttps:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=5952&amp;preview=truee often shut out of federal relief programs like unemployment benefits and are hit harder by the harsh effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. But undocumented immigrants like Barbosa find ways to rise above the challenges this global health crisis has created. Barbosa spoke to Borderless Magazine about his experiences during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e35d0e87e97\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e35d0e889e0\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e35d0e890aa\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>News that puts power under the spotlight and communities at the center.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sign up for our free newsletter and get updates twice a week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>I was always taught you have to work. It\u2019s one of those things that was instilled into me at a young age. I&#8217;ve always been working and this pandemic didn&#8217;t change that.<br \/>\nEven though I was out of a job I couldn&#8217;t just stand still and not do anything at home. I&#8217;ve been working in restaurants basically all my life and I\u2019ve always admired chefs for all the things that they do.<br \/>\nBut I wanted to do my own thing. I love that my cooking is very unique and it brings people together at a table where they can just talk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e35d0e8ac80\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Arty_trio_web.png\" alt=\"\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"media-credit\">Brian Herrera for Borderless Magazine\/CatchLight Local<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e35d0e8b97b\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone \"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>Food is one of those things that brings people together of any race or color, you know? Everybody gets along when there is food involved. So, I started working on my own thing.<\/p>\n<p>I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/foodbyartybee\/\">sold family-style meals people<\/a> could pick up at\u00a0 the beginning of the pandemic. The idea came to me because in restaurants, usually before a shift starts, everybody sits down and has a family-style meal. I thought it was a good idea to go with that idea since I was already making family style food for my roommates.<\/p>\n<p>I was cooking pasta, mole, and fried chicken \u2014 which was my best seller. My friend Yaritza Guillen hit me up to make dinner for her birthday and I accepted of course.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been doing outreach on Instagram when I was doing family meals and most if not all people that came to buy food were people that lived in Pilsen or Little Village or the other neighborhoods around here.<\/p>\n<p>It helped a lot \u2014 being able to confide in my community and understand that everybody is going through a tough time and everybody is trying to do their own thing to come out of this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>I am text block. Click edit button to change this text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\"  style=\"margin-top: 3%; margin-bottom: 3%; \">\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Arty_1_web.png\" alt=\"\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"media-credit\">Brian Herrera for Borderless Magazine\/CatchLight Local<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>I knew that people couldn&#8217;t always afford to pay for the food and I\u2019d give food away because being able to just give food away to someone who needs it is just something instilled in me by my parents.<\/p>\n<p>Food is meant to be eaten and enjoyed and not just sold. But everybody that ordered my food tried to drop some money off for it. Yari is a big contributor in getting people to order that I wouldn&#8217;t normally have contact with. She\u2019s also been a very big help and just getting my name out there and just pushing me to do what I want. And my friends and my partner, they are definitely helping a lot too.<\/p>\n<p>I really like Yari and she was giving me an opportunity to do what I love, which was to make people food.<\/p>\n<p>When I came to the United States I was four years old. My family moved to Waukegan, which is like an hour away north of Chicago and has a big Mexican population. I lived there till I was about 23.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69e35d0e8ca65\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid \"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">Read More of Our Coverage<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-5878\" class=\"post-5878 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-as-told-to tag-femme\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/05\/13\/how-a-femme-liberation-collective-is-practicing-community-care\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210409_FemmeDefensa_059_featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"gender-based, violence, domestic, femme, Little Village, Chicago, Pilsen, community, care, protection, survivors, immigrant, strength, safety, food , housing, garden, La Ruda Farm, Femme Defensa\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/05\/13\/how-a-femme-liberation-collective-is-practicing-community-care\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How a Femme Liberation Collective is Practicing Community Care<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/april-alonso\/\" title=\"View all posts by April Alonso\">April Alonso<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">\u00b7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2021\/05\/13\/how-a-femme-liberation-collective-is-practicing-community-care\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">mayo 13, 2021<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>After I moved out I looked for work in the city. I had worked at a restaurant back home but all the restaurants in Waukegan are corporate like Applebee\u2019s and I grew tired of that environment.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to move closer to this city full of great food. I wanted to be a part of it. I moved to Humboldt Park for a year and that was pretty fun while I worked at a pizza place. Then I moved to Pilsen and that\u2019s where I&#8217;ve been for the last four years.<\/p>\n<p>Living in Pilsen really opened up my mind because of the community based activities and just a different way of thinking.\u00a0 I was working at The Bristol as a cook where we did things like whole cuttings of hog.<\/p>\n<p>I learned so much from Chefs Chris Pandel and Abbie Sweeny in the two years I worked there and I definitely thank her for teaching me. Once she moved to another restaurant: The Willow Room, which is in Lincoln Park across the street from Alinea. I went with her and was her sous chef for a year. I was working about 80 to 100 hours a week, but I needed to do it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\"  style=\"margin-top: 3%; margin-bottom: 3%; \">\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Arty_2_web.png\" alt=\"\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"media-credit\">Brian Herrera for Borderless Magazine\/CatchLight Local<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>But while I was working at Willow Room I got into a car accident and because of the burdens outside of work I couldn&#8217;t handle it.<\/p>\n<p>I was literally breaking down and it wasn&#8217;t fair to my coworkers or Chef Abbie Sweeny so I made a choice and left The Willow Room.<\/p>\n<p>Later I started working at Dusek&#8217;s in Pilsen, which is where I was working at when the pandemic hit and I lost my job due to staff cutbacks. To help pay the bills I\u2019m working at Lao Peng You, a great dumpling house, two days out of the week.<\/p>\n<p>I applied to as many emergency funds and grants as I could. I need the support for sure. I applied for the National Restaurant Association one at the beginning. And then I applied for the Illinois Culinary Education Project and got that. Then Dusek\u2019s itself got a GoFundMe that they were doing, they did two rounds of that fund. So I was definitely applying for help because I needed it, because I couldn\u2019t get unemployment. I mean I have money saved up and everything but I didn\u2019t know how long the pandemic was going to last.<\/p>\n<p>Being a gay and undocumented Mexican man from a very old school Mexican family, I have still yet to fully come out to my parents. My sisters know and everybody here in the city knows. I don&#8217;t try hiding here. This is the family that I chose and I was able to 100 percent be myself around them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\"  style=\"margin-top: 3%; margin-bottom: 3%; \">\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy \" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Arty_3_web.png\" alt=\"\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"media-credit\">Brian Herrera for Borderless Magazine\/CatchLight Local<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t<p>That is a very common thing in the queer community \u2014 having a family that raised you but also having a chosen family that will support and won&#8217;t judge you. I think it\u2019s very important to have people that will care for you and will always be there even in the darkest times.<\/p>\n<p>Being both queer while being undocumented makes life harder. It\u2019s hard to just be myself and be successful in this world in my own way.<\/p>\n<p>I feel like being undocumented it&#8217;s like one of those things where there is certain adversities that happen to us all the time. And even though it&#8217;s hard we still find a way to be successful and be like the people that we want to be.<\/p>\n<p>In the future I would really love to just have my own restaurant or a food truck where I can make my food. I want to show the world that this is what I can do. This is what I can offer. I know restaurants are very expensive and they aren\u2019t always successful. 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