Notes: Luis has a second grade education, and Yoni, Jr. completed 1st year of HS. Only Yoni and Lucrecia are employed. She gets home infrequently from Costa Rica, which leaves dad in charge of kids. He now works 8 hours a day 6 days a week, instead of 12 hours a day 7 days a week, because of his kidney disease. They would like the older boys Luis and Yoni to work, but they do not have a national identification card ( social security number equivalent ) and therefore can’t work. The parents are very hard working. Since being diagnosed with kidney disease Yoni has been on medication, and a strict diet. The sun also effects him poorly. He works even when he doesn’t feel well, because if he lost this job he could never get another.
Last Interviewed: August 2014 (spoke briefly with dad)
