I had a kid that came here [to Explora]. He’s not here now. I love him because he’s hyper, a lot of energy. It reminds me of when I was a kid. “Go to this school, go this way, go that way, go here, go there.” Sometimes it’s very hard. Here it’s easy for you. They have feelings, they have different ways to communicate. And I had a beautiful experience with him, because I was playing with him, serving him. And one day he told me, “You’re the only person that understands me. You’re the only person I trust.” That was so good.
—Tirso from Puerto Escondido
Interview by Annabelle, Eric, and Leif