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Mona Mojica
Searchlight New Mexico | 01:27
Mona Mojica adopted her daughter, Heaven, who suffered a traumatic brain injury as a small child at the hands of her birth mother. As a result, Heaven has learning difficulties and trouble with some physical activity and is eligible for special educational benefits at school. However, she hasn’t always received the treatment that she is entitled to, Mona claims. When Mona spoke up, they got a home visit from CYFD.
camera-operator
Don J. Usner
executive-producer
Sara Solovitch
editor
Christian Marquez
Mona Mojica
Searchlight New Mexico | 01:27
Mona Mojica adopted her daughter, Heaven, who suffered a traumatic brain injury as a small child at the hands of her birth mother. As a result, Heaven has learning difficulties and trouble with some physical activity and is eligible for special educational benefits at school. However, she hasn’t always received the treatment that she is entitled to, Mona claims. When Mona spoke up, they got a home visit from CYFD.
executive-producer
Sara Solovitch
Mary Catalan
Searchlight New Mexico | 02:39
Mary Catalan’s son, Mateo, was bounced from one elementary school to another, seven in total, before he reached middle school. When he reached middle school, he began having more issues in the classroom. When Mateo’s teacher prevented him from going on group outings, his mother filed a complaint with the New Mexico Public Education Department. A few days later, CYFD came knocking.
executive-producer
Sara Solovitch
assistant-camera
Anthony Jackson
editor
Christian Marquez
Mary Catalan
Searchlight New Mexico | 02:39
Mary Catalan’s son, Mateo, was bounced from one elementary school to another, seven in total, before he reached middle school. When he reached middle school, he began having more issues in the classroom. When Mateo’s teacher prevented him from going on group outings, his mother filed a complaint with the New Mexico Public Education Department. A few days later, CYFD came knocking.
executive-producer
Sara Solovitch
assistant-camera
Anthony Jackson
Agatha Cooper
Searchlight New Mexico | 02:20
Agatha Cooper’s son, Jamari, has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. He struggles with a lot of the same things that other kids with ASD do, and his triggers, like physical contact, if left unaddressed can lead him to “meltdown” as his mother put it. After one of these incidents, the school accused the 7 year-old of smoking cannabis. Then the police and CYFD got involved.
executive-producer
Sara Solovitch
assistant-camera
Anthony Jackson
editor
Christian Marquez
Agatha Cooper
Searchlight New Mexico | 02:20
Agatha Cooper’s son, Jamari, has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. He struggles with a lot of the same things that other kids with ASD do, and his triggers, like physical contact, if left unaddressed can lead him to “meltdown” as his mother put it. After one of these incidents, the school accused the 7 year-old of smoking cannabis. Then the police and CYFD got involved.
executive-producer
Sara Solovitch
assistant-camera
Anthony Jackson
editor
Christian Marquez
Socorro
Socorro High: Carmen Apodaca
Searchlight New Mexico | 04:34
Carmen Apodaca is a high-achieving Junior at Socorro High School. Carmen will be graduating a year earlier than the rest of her class, because she has spent her free time taking dual credit courses through New Mexico Tech.
Socorro High: Daven Moore
Searchlight New Mexico | 02:53
Daven Moore is the class president of the class of 2020 at Socorro High School. He is a dedicated student who aspires to go to the University of New Mexico.