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We stayed (2024) Don Colacho Sánchez, 67, and Doña Cándida Rosa Herrera, 67, in the bedroom of their home in Apacilagua, Choluteca. Despite high levels of migration from Honduras to the United States, which peaked in the 1990s, Don Colacho, Doña Cándida, and their children never considered leaving their native Apacilagua to emigrate to the U.S. “Staying in Apacilagua was not a sacrifice for us,” Doña Cándida said.

Olga Jaramillo

olgajarsa@gmail.com 3013107336 United States

Topics of Focus

Immigration, Migration, Motherhood

Geographic Areas of Focus

United States, Honduras, El Salvador, Colombia

Biography

Olga Jaramillo, born in Colombia, is an independent visual storyteller based in the Washington D.C., metropolitan area. With a background in economics, she transitioned into photography, bringing her social awareness and experience in Latin American socioeconomic development into her visual work.

Through photography, short films, and text, she explores the intricate relationships between identity, culture, and migration. Olga’s most recent work focuses on the intergenerational impact of migration on the families of migrant mothers from Central America.

She holds a master’s degree in New Media Photojournalism from the George Washington University’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, a master’s degree in Economics from The London School of Economics and Political Science, a diploma in Economics from Birkbeck University, London, and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Universidad del Valle, Colombia.

Her multimedia documentary project “Dos Mundos,” begun in 2019, was awarded the Women Photojournalists of Washington’s inaugural Butterfly Grant in 2024.

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We stayed (2024) Don Colacho Sánchez, 67, and Doña Cándida Rosa Herrera, 67, in the bedroom of their home in Apacilagua, Choluteca. Despite high levels of migration from Honduras to the United States, which peaked in the 1990s, Don Colacho, Doña Cándida, and their children never considered leaving their native Apacilagua to emigrate to the U.S. “Staying in Apacilagua was not a sacrifice for us,” Doña Cándida said.