As a little girl, Quiara Alegría Hudes would accompany her mother to a women’s health clinic she ran in North Philly. There, she would watch her mother help women in the heavily Latinx community navigate the perils of the nation’s immigration laws. The dramas the 5-year-old absorbed ranged from major crises–including the despair and disruption over a family member being deported–to the daily fears of interacting with a system when your status is not secure.