Real People. Real Lives: Meet Ximena, from Colombia
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Real People. Real Lives, a NWNY photo exhibit on immigrant women, we are looking back to some of the participants’ stories. The exhibit featured photographs of 16 women in iconic NYC spots and neighborhoods by Dru Blumensheid. The portraits, along with audio recorded interviews, show a nuanced and multi-layered picture of the immigrant women who make NYC their home, the barriers and isolation they experience, as well the hopes, dreams and talents they bring with them. This month, meet Ximena, a Colombian from Cali who came to US to stay closer to her family and to look for more opportunities. Check out below her pictures and full interview.
Read also Ximena’s personal account on the one-year anniversary of Real People. Real Lives: When the words do not come out.
Photographs by Dru Blumensheid
“All my life I looked United States as the country of opportunities, the country where you can be free.”
