I would like to thank the following people and organizations, without whom writing this book would have been impossible: Ana Puente, Tessie Borden, Rebecca Sosa, Valeria Luiselli, Eve Stotland, Amy Joseph, Lorilei Williams, Joanna Furmanska, Andrew Craycroft, CARECEN Los Angeles, and The Door. I would specially like to thank Michael Benoist, who gave me the original idea for this book.