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Working with migrant workers and illegal immigrants since childhood has given me a different version of what survival means. Picking berries and working on a tree farm has always kept me grounded. It has given me not only a great work ethic but a perspective on the lengths people will go for their livelihood good or bad. This obviously is a complex issue, however, I think in part because Americans' view of agriculture is no longer considered a viable way of life. Working, learning and living off the land is almost like an art form lost.

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