Cranston-Gingras said those challenges include changing schools on a frequent basis and feelings of isolation. Her last year of high school was the ninth grade, when she left because of her pregnancy and to help her family in the field. Families survive as migrant workers, traveling the nation as the seasons of produce change. Just as Ana doesn't want to live the hard life like her parents,' she doesn't want her unborn girl to face the same worries she encountered. And Ana is not alone.
Many migrant mothers dream of their children working beyond the fields.
Sometimes you have work, sometimes you don't. About a mile from the fields of Grimes Produce is Gary Wishnatzki's strawberry distribution center, Wishnatzki and Nathel. A grower, as well as a distributor, Wishnatzki witnessed the hardships his workers faced and he decided he wanted to be involved with the futures of migrant workers' children. While Wishnatzki has supported education efforts at USF before, he said the sales would make more people aware of the programs. He and others in the industry are supplying the berries that will be sold to fund the program.