Mariel Refugee Rodobaldo Pozo (Niño) at home in La Crosse, Wisconsin, April 2021. Courtesy of the author.
From left to right: Rodobaldo Pozo (Niño), Tomás Consuegra and Marcos Calderón travel with the exhibit Uprooted: The Refugee Program at Fort McCoy. Monroe County Historical Society, Sparta, WI. February 2020. Courtesy of the author.
Mariel migrant Gerardo Rodríguez receiving his Social Security Card at Fort McCoy. Special Collections Archive at Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin La Crosse.
Making coats out of military blankets at Fort McCoy. September 1980. Freedom Flotilla Collection. Special Collections Archive at Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin La Crosse.
Drawing by Mariel Migrant Lázaro Humberto Peña Iglesias. 21 Feb. 2021. Courtesy of Satori Arts and the author.
El Mercurio de McCoy. 16 Aug. 1980. Freedom Flotilla Collection. Special Collections Archive at Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin La Crosse.
El Mercurio de McCoy. 19 Aug. 1980. Freedom Flotilla Collection. Special Collections Archive at Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin La Crosse.
El Mercurio de McCoy. 22 July 1980. Freedom Flotilla Collection. Special Collections Archive at Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin La Crosse.
Mariel migrant Raúl Urrúa Balsain attending ESL classes at WWTI in La Crosse, Wisconsin. October 1980. Freedom Flotilla Collection. Special Collections Archive at Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin La Crosse.
John Satori (left) worked as a volunteer dentist and, later, as an art instructor for Mariel Cuban unaccompanied minors at Wyalusing State Park. Satori and Armando Rodríguez Palomar (right) were reunited during the recording of Uprooted at Satori Arts in La Crosse, Wisconsin in March 2021. Courtesy of Satori Arts and the author.