Christy
When I met Christy, she had been here for 18 years. She was addicted to heroin and to the Zona itself because "there is always something happening, day or night!" she says. Christy is bilingual and worked for me as a fixer from time to time. Though she did work as a prostitute most of the time, she also made money as a "runner" - someone who would go find the chica you want - and doing other odd jobs like painting and cleaning when she could find the work. Because she had come to Tijuana at such a young age (she had just turned 18), she had never held a real job in the US before she left. In December of 2016, she finally moved back to the US after 20 years of Tijuana. She got in to a sober-living program and had a baby. As of August 2017, she is still off the heroin and doing well.