Dora Rodriguez has been working to prevent migrant deaths and is now the director of one local nonprofit Humane Borders.
TUCSON, Ariz. — As of January the local nonprofit Humane Borders has a new chair, their first woman chair since their start-up in 2000. Her name is Dora Rodriguez.
Rodriguez was only a mile away from the nearest highway when she was found with a group of 13 others. “We ran out of water the first night. By the first night, we were already compromised. we were drinking our own pee, lotion, anything we could find,” said Rodriguez. Since her rescue, she was able to follow that dream. Now, she’s honoring the young girls and women she met on her journey.
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