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CPOY 72 Documentary Award of Excellence: On a Migrant's Back

Rosalino Santiago Garcia knows the United States better than his home country of Mexico. He has spent the majority of the past 14 years away from his small village in the Mexican state of Oaxaca while working in the tobacco fields of Kentucky. He's had to say goodbye to his wife and kids several times over the years, but the benefits are apparent.

In March, Rosalino and his wife, Sabina Garcia Pacheco were able to throw a proper wedding celebration, surrounded by some 500 family and friends in the rural farming village of Santa Ana de Miahuatlan.

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March 25, 2017
After 14 years working in the tobacco fields, Santiago Garcia and Garcia Pacheco were finally able to afford a proper wedding, not just a civil union they entered five years ago. While many brides in rural Mexico can't buy the dress of their dreams, Garcia Pacheco went to Oaxaca, the capital city of the state of Oaxaca, to find a wedding dress she loved. Thanks to Santiago Garcia's work in the United States, she was able to afford the dress.
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