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also takes up most of the room’s space,
hardly a meter from the bathroom.

Alina Margarita and her
granddaughter
Alina: I am an extreme social case. My
21-year old son has a dual heart problem
and is epileptic, asthmatic, and has
issues due to respiratory failure. Despite
all that, he became a wonderful
mechanic, for our society. He is a level
C mechanic; he learned by watching.
YR: They haven’t given you a house in
21 years?
Alina: In December, they offered a
house in Robles, but because we’re
seven people, I can’t go, because I have
to give part of it to my daughter.
YR: Seven people live in here?
Alina: My daughter and her child live
next door. My other daughter and her

husband live down over there. My son
and I live here.
The Robles house has three rooms for
seven people. Each family would be in
one room. She wou