A year before the pandemic hit, Nilcy Majtzhul Alvarado left Guatemala to build a life in the U.S. with her husband and two young children.
It was a hopeful start. Her husband found stable work, as a full time construction worker. They found an apartment to rent in Langley Park, Prince George’s County.
Then the pandemic came, and Majtzhul Alvarado said “everything fell apart.”
Speaking through a translator from CASA, Majtzhul Alvarado said her husband’s company reduced his hours. Then the company shut down, leaving him out of work.
Her family had some savings which helped them get by, but eventually those savings ran out.
“We needed to go get food boxes from the food bank,” she said.
