**Content Warning** This piece discusses child sexual abuse by a family member and intimate partner violence (resources available at the bottom of this blog)
My name is Delia Zamora Padilla. I'm from Michoacán. I suffered a lot when I was a little kid. My dad lived in Mexico. He'd just cross over, make more kids, and go back. My mother was both mother and father. I was raped by one of my cousins when I was seven. When I was ten and a half, I came to live here, in Tijuana. My dad brought us. And then, here we were, just living our lives. Bringing us here ended up causing a lot of suffering for my mom and for us. Continue reading...