Photography Exhibits
Photo from "Rebellion on the Border," photographs by David BaconExhibit at U.C. Berkeley Institute of Industrial Relations 9/1/2002-1/15/2003, photo 6 of 16
Tijuana, 1996
Isabel Ortiz, 84 years old, is the matriarch of the Ortiz family.
Two decades ago, she moved with her children and grandchildren from
the state of Puebla, where they had lived for generations, to the
border in search of work. Most maquiladora workers come to Tijuana
from other parts of Mexico where unemployment is high.