Most Costly Journey-Vermont Folklife Center

I’m proud to have contributed The Story of Ana to this anthology of stories of migrant farm workers in Vermont, and so pleased with printed collection. Each comic was originally printed as a pamphlet in Spanish and distributed among migrant workers, in order to share stories, make connections between people, and to ease the sense of isolation they might have while working far from home.

More Details about the book and how to order here.

Listen to a discussion about the project on Vermont Pubic Radio.

Special thanks to Andy Kolovos!

El viaje más caro | The Most Costly Journey

I drew a short comic for the Vermont Folklife Center's series of comics about and for the migrant workers of Vermont.  It's also in Spanish.

The Most Costly Journey (in Spanish, El viaje más caro) is an ethnographic cartooning project that employs collaborative storytelling as a tool to mitigate loneliness, isolation, and despair among Latin American migrant farm workers on Vermont dairy farms.

The Most Costly Journey is a collaboration between the Open Door Clinic, Vermont Folklife Center, UVM Extension Bridges to Health, UVM Anthropology, and Marek Bennett's Comics Workshop.