Quincy school caters to children of migrant workers - Florida

“Yanelli Perez waved goodbye to her mother before she walked into a cafeteria filled with children who all share the same life she does.

Their parents start work at 6 a.m. to harvest tomato fields, hoping to make enough money from 30 cents a bucket. The blistering summer workday doesnt end until the evening. They travel from locations in South Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina and Virginia looking for fertile opportunities to make a living.”

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