When most 12 year old girls are becoming more confident about their place in the world, Jessica was sold off by her step-father, while her mother turned a blind eye. This would begin a six year nightmare in the bars and clubs of Tijuana, Mexico.

For a long time, I didn’t know how to approach this portrait of Jessica. Not until I took my son to the park where he and other children picked dandelion seed puffs and blew on them to make wishes. Many of which were trivial and childish. But then my thoughts shifted to Jessica and all the many childish wishes that I’m sure she would love to have made but was not able to due to her circumstances.