Perhaps there are ways to be less ignorant about these circumstances.

"Each Friday, she fought through 'the hurt that comes after putting that much force and that much effort' into her work, she said, then 'receiving a paycheck and realizing that it’s unlivable.'

She said she repeated a mantra each morning.

'I need to do this for my family,' she said. 'I need to do this for my kid. I need to do this to move forward.'

Interviews with Patricia were translated live, from Spanish to English, by Darincka Vargas, a graduate student at Boston University."

~ Andrew Botolino

"‘There is tremendous fear.’ As Massachusetts farmworkers toil under brutal conditions, some push for legislative change"

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/07/10/metro/farmworker-legislation-mass/