While Alma Santos sits in a breakout room, her neighbor texts that ICE is on her parents' street. She has student loans, no savings, and a job that tracks her bathroom breaks. Her watch buzzes with messages she can't read. HR has a 4:30 on her calendar.

Alma scrolls LinkedIn posts in the parking structure so that she doesn’t badge in 'too early' and confuse the system into paying her for extra time. The green OPEN TO WORK banners multiply every week.

Sofía paints her face like the dead and tells ghost stories for tips. The tourists want Mexican Halloween—spooky but safe. Meanwhile, ICE raids happen ten minutes away, and her cousin's daughters are asking when mom is coming home.

'I never would have bought something from Shein,' one of the Frida Kahlos is saying to her friend. She’s holding a painter’s palette and brush. 'But they have a Frida Kahlo license and it’s so important to buy the licensed version to support the artist.'

Xóchitl Castellanos applied for a job she was perfect for. An AI hiring system spent twenty-six minutes asking about her part-time college bookstore job, mispronounced her name, and flagged her for 'questioning the interview structure.' A story told visually using job application components.

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