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The Parent Trip: Elizabet Cepero-Abreu and Jose Marcelino Abreu of Camden

Elizabet took a taxi to Reynosa, Mexico, then walked across the border with $200 in her pocket and a handful of English words in her vocabulary. In Cuba, she'd been a teacher, a daughter, a sister. Here, she dreamed of freedom - for herself and for the child she hoped, someday, to have.

Jose Marcelino Abreu, (holding infant Jadiel), with stepson Christopher Llescano and wife Elizabet Cepero-Abreu. (Family photo)
Jose Marcelino Abreu, (holding infant Jadiel), with stepson Christopher Llescano and wife Elizabet Cepero-Abreu. (Family photo)Read more
    by Anndee Hochman, For The Inquirer | Columnist
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