Julia Nohemy Montes Mejia

35 years old / homeowner

Julia works selling tortillas in her community; she has been doing that for about 3 years now. At home, she lives with her husband José (33 years old) and her 3 children, but only her oldest son was at home at the time of the interview.

Milton Ivan Hernández Montes

15 years old / Student / Julia’s son

Milton is currently in 9th grade, he likes to spend time with his family at home.


Their house was built over 12 years ago out of sheet metal, and recently they made it a little bit bigger to have more room for the family. But it has rusty walls and rotten wood.