Melida Rodas
Melida Rodas works as marketing and media-relations director for Cara Squared, an affordable-housing developer in New Jersey. Born in Guatemala, she is an advocate for equality and social justice.
— From June 2022
The Dog-Eared Page
The Smell Of Fatigue
Life has always been as hard as the soles of my father’s feet. Like the callused hand my face melts into. He holds it like the cantaloupe before a fruit salad. Like life before America. Before it’s sliced, devoured, consumed.
June 2022
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