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Jesús Jank Curbelo

A Cuban Journalist Adjusts to Service-Sector Precarity in North Texas

Editor’s Note: Jesús Jank Curbelo described his harrowing journey from Cuba to Texas in the Observer’s July/August issue. Here, he follows up on life in the Dallas suburbs.


The first thing I learned about Dallas was the route from my house to the Health and Human Services (HHS) office, where you apply for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), aka Food Stamps.

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