ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Abram, aged 25, was definitely one of the most fascinating people I met within the caravan in Escuinapa, Mexico. Almost 2,000 miles from home, the engaging young chef told me that he cooked Chinese food in his hometown of Choluteca, Honduras. Due to unemployment and the threat of violence, he found himself on the trek to the border. Unlike the other migrants, he wasn’t searching for asylum in the U.S. Rather, he is on a mission to petition the government to grant him passage to Canada.

Despite being surrounded by travesty, Abram was grateful for the journey. He was travelling by the grace of God. With a philosophy that every moment should be celebrated, he met many friends on his journey. He is also a fan of rap music.

AUTHOR
Ada Trillo is a fine art photographer based in Philadelphia, PA, and Juarez, Mexico. Trillo holds degrees from the Istituto Marangoni in Milan and Drexel University in Philadelphia. Trillo’s work is concerned with human rights issues facing Latin America. Trillo has documented forced prostitution in Juarez, Mexico, La Bestia, the migrant caravans of 2018 and 2020, and the struggles of asylum seekers directly affected by Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy, in her hometown of Juarez, Mexico. Trillo has exhibited internationally at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, The Photo Meetings in Luxembourg, The Passion for Freedom Art Festival in London, Festival Internazionale di Fotografia in Cortona Italy and at the Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery at the John Jay College in New, York. In 2017, Trillo received a Leeway Foundation’s Art and Change Grant. Her work has been featured in The British Journal of Photography, The Guardian and Smithsonian Magazine. Trillo was recently awarded a CFEVA Fellowship by The Center For Emerging Visual Artists and was named the Visual Artist-in-Residence for Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia. Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Trillo was awarded First Place in Editorial Photos with the Tokyo International Foto Awards, The ME&Eve grant with the Center of photographic arts in Santa Fe. She recently was awarded first price of Focus Photo LA.

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