Emerson is fifteen and is in "primero básico," or approximately seventh grade. He likes math and art, and says that his classes are not difficult.
| Street dog of the day |
| Saturday morning market gets set up. |
| Emerson smiles outside his house. He lives here with his parents and four of his eleven siblings. His mother is a homemaker, and his father works in the mountains cutting and gathering wood. |
| Emerson with his mother and two cousins |
| Shoe shopping in San Juan |
| Enjoying a chuchito in San Pedro's central park |
| Emerson only owns one pair of shoes. We almost bought this pair for him, but he thought they were too expensive and wanted to keep looking around. |
| Emerson chooses a watermelon to bring home to his mom |
| A tuc-tuc with Emerson's name |