By Mikayla Balmaceda/El Inde When it comes to homelessness, there is a very specific image people tend to think of: They imagine a man or woman in their 30s or 40s, maybe bundled up in mismatching layers, maybe pushing a shopping cart of stuff on the side of the road with a cardboard sign asking…
By Jon Rice/El Inde Once a student sports reporter for the Arizona Daily Wildcat and UATV-3, my daily routine now has changed radically. Whereas I used to spend my weeks going to class in person, attending meetings for the sports department of UATV, and followed by more meetings with the sports desk at the Daily Wildcat, I now…
By Ashley Fredde/El Inde If one were to conjure up an image of a southwestern rancher, Richard Collins might be close. A rancher since the 1980s, Collins looks every bit the part, with his pants pulled over boots that have dried mud around the sole. His hands and face are weathered from working in the…
By Zach Lazarus/El Inde When it all began, I was in Las Vegas with a group of my friends for our final spring break of college. We were set to graduate in May. Everything was going as it should, we were having a blast, and then: Boom. I don’t think anyone was ready for it….
By Emma Muigai/El Inde Lizette Trujillo is a mom and activist in Tucson, who moderates a support group called Families Transformed. With a mission to create and support a network of families embracing their children’s gender nonconformity, Families Transformed provides a monthly meeting for parents of gender diverse children from Southern Arizona. Trujillo is a…
