Jasmine Garsd

You know that morning city park smell? It's like the smell of dewy earth and fresh-cut grass and evaporating beer from the night before. I love that smell.

Okay, so first of all, Queens has the best food in all of New York. And this park is excellent in terms of food. I'd say better than any park in New York.

Okay, so first of all, Queens has the best food in all of New York. And this park is excellent in terms of food. I'd say better than any park in New York.

Okay, so first of all, Queens has the best food in all of New York. And this park is excellent in terms of food. I'd say better than any park in New York.

And there's two guys selling ice cream here.

And there's two guys selling ice cream here.

And there's two guys selling ice cream here.

Luis is short. He's very handsome. He has a baby face, dimples, and some stubble. He's young, but I noticed there's some grays in there, too.

Luis is short. He's very handsome. He has a baby face, dimples, and some stubble. He's young, but I noticed there's some grays in there, too.

Luis is short. He's very handsome. He has a baby face, dimples, and some stubble. He's young, but I noticed there's some grays in there, too.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Yeah, I mean, cartel violence has driven a lot of the recent immigration out of Ecuador, and it's impacted almost every Ecuadorian I've met here in New York.

Yeah, I mean, cartel violence has driven a lot of the recent immigration out of Ecuador, and it's impacted almost every Ecuadorian I've met here in New York.

Yeah, I mean, cartel violence has driven a lot of the recent immigration out of Ecuador, and it's impacted almost every Ecuadorian I've met here in New York.

So Luis told us he did what so many people do in order to come to the U.S. He hired a coyote, which is sort of like a guide that brings you up through Central America and Mexico to the U.S. border. And he paid this guy about $20,000. Which is not an uncommon fee to get you all the way from South America to the U.S.,

So Luis told us he did what so many people do in order to come to the U.S. He hired a coyote, which is sort of like a guide that brings you up through Central America and Mexico to the U.S. border. And he paid this guy about $20,000. Which is not an uncommon fee to get you all the way from South America to the U.S.,

So Luis told us he did what so many people do in order to come to the U.S. He hired a coyote, which is sort of like a guide that brings you up through Central America and Mexico to the U.S. border. And he paid this guy about $20,000. Which is not an uncommon fee to get you all the way from South America to the U.S.,

But he got here.