RESILIENCE PHOTO COURTESY OF ERICA ALFARO
ENTERING A NEW FIELD Former farmworker Erica Alfaro transcended abject poverty, domestic violence to earn a Master’s degree and became an author By NICOLETTE MONIQUE LUNA
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rica Alfaro’s life would be a great screenplay except for one problem. No one would believe it. She was a 15-year-old mother born to immigrant farmer workers in a violent relationship who was rescued by her brother, dropped out of school twice before earning a Master’s degree, breaking the Internet and becoming a successful author. And that’s just Act I.
