Her tears the result of a long journey and now, uncertainty. Angie Yesenia Escobar joined the migrant caravan from Central America on November 5th.
She is from Honduras.
Speaking in Spanish, she says that while riding a freight train through Mexico, she was hit in the face by rocks that people threw at the caravan. Now, thanks to two doctors, from Northride, she's receiving treatment for her injuries and other symptoms she now suffers due to the long, arduous trek from her home country.
"To me it takes a lot of courage for a person to leave their home and then say that the door is closed," says Dr. Richard Macklin.
Macklin, along with his colleague, Dr. Mary Romo, traveled south of the border to a shelter in Tijuana, Mexico to help people who are in need of medical attention, including people from Central America who are part of the caravan.
"The trip itself, they go without eating, without drinking, they're dehydrated, they're on the border of hypothermia. Because it depends on the elements. If its raining they're exposed to cold," says Dr. Romo.
That exposure can lead to colds, respiratory infections, and other illnesses.
"And then from there the walk, nonstop walking, so a lot of blisters on their feet, a lot of people with holes in their shoes, and malnourished," says Dr. Romo.
Dr. Macklin compares the violence the individuals within the caravan are facing to his own childhood, growing up in Tennessee during the segregation era.
"I remember sitting in the back of the bus and people throwing rocks in the back of the bus. Nobody did anything, they didn't even stop the bus to see if anyone was injured," he says.
Dr. Macklin says the mental toll the journey takes on people is worse than the physical.
"I think that's even worse than their medical problems, because how they feel deep inside and the problems they had getting to this point, and they don't know what's going to happen next." he says.
Which is why Dr. Macklin and Dr. Romo plan to continue to come back to Tijuana to help the people they say are stranded at the border, like Escobar.