People know when you're speaking from el corazón. You have that pain. Take that pain and do something with it. That's very powerful.

Bricks are crumbling in places, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in

Sometimes hearing the stories is going to change people's lives much more than if they read it.

I have this great fear of Mexico City. I won't go to Mexico City unless someone meets me at the airport and is with me. I just feel very vulnerable there.

As Indigenous peoples, we know there is more to the world. We know spirits exist. We know as women, because we're especially attuned to this kind of knowledge, that spirits exist and have a presence in our lives. Some of us are gifted and can communicate with the spirit world. Not everyone has that gift and can perceive the borders between the living and the dead and our society actively discourages us of exploring the knowledge of what many of us have already always known in our cultures.

Every single house has had death visit.

I have to say that the traditional role is kind of a myth. I think the traditional Mexican woman is a fierce woman.