A man on stilts bends down to hand a flier to a girl as her father lifts her up to reach it. The stilt walker was promoting a nearby circus on a Sunday afternoon in the Plaza de Armes in Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico, home of Peace Corps Mexico...
A young girl enjoyed an ice cream cone in the doorway of a carniceria, or meat market, in Mexico while waiting for her mother. I took this photo during a break from a Caravan de Cultura, where the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and...
A girl in Mexico paused to look at me for a moment while watching a performance at a Caravan de Cultura near the mercado where her mother works. I was enchanted by her posture, intense gaze, and the colors of her turquoise blue dress and silver...
These students are creating paper models of the planet Mars, one of the crafts offered by the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE) to introduce children to astronomy concepts. INAOE, where I am assigned in the...