Above: Yolanda “Yoli” Diaz. Photograph by Allison Pharmkis. YOLANDA DIAZ HEARD the fear in her son’s voice. His doctor was sending him to a plastic surgeon but didn’t say why. Diaz went with him. “I…
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Above: Kym Sanchez. Photograph by Allison Pharmkis. AFTER HER HUSBAND, Sergeant Paul Timothy Sanchez, was killed in action in Iraq in 2007, Kym Sanchez realized that the only way to help herself move…
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Above: Ron Malone. Photograph by Allison Pharmkis. LESS THAN TWO MILES from downtown Roswell, Assurance Home overflows with the sound of 15 teenagers home from school. Pots clang, homework papers…
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Above: Charles Ashley III. Photograph by Allison Pharmkis. AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP IN Chicago and Las Vegas, Nevada, Charles Ashley III easily could have fallen under the spell of urban life. Instead…
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Above: Deming's Monica Topham, Ariana Saludares, and Kalyn Blazak are known as the get-it-done crew. Photograph by Allison Pharmakis. ON MOTHER'S DAY MORNING, Ariana Saludares woke up to an…
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