Enrique's Journey Lesson Plan

How was Nazario able to find Enrique? How did she recreate his story?

Nazario scoped out a dozen shelters and churches along the 2,000-mile-long U.S. border that helped migrants, including minors. She told each priest and director that she was looking for a boy around the age of 15 who was coming for his mother and had traveled atop trains. Eventually, a phone call from Parroquia de San Jose put her in touch with two teenagers. Nazario went to Nuevo Laredo and spent two weeks shadowing Enrique and interviewing other children. She noted every place Enrique had gone, every person and experience he recalled who had helped or hindered him along the way. She than retraced...