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"Carmen left for the United States out of love. She hoped she could make money here and send it back home to provide her children with an escape from the grinding poverty she herself grew up with" (Nazario 3).

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Carmen has a very significant purpose in this story because she is the beginning of it all. She is the person that inspires Sonia to start her journey and write her book. Sonia found out about the children that Carmen had to leave in Guatemala so that she could help give them a better life. This spurred on many questions from Sonia, ending in a book about immigrants coming to america and how it effects their children. Carmen's love for her children is what truly drives her to continue to work and live in a separate country. She wants what is best for them. Carmen is included in Sonia Nazario's story of the migrant's journey because she is the instigator of the story. It all starts with her and her children's story.