Shannon Ford

Shannon Ford graduated from the University of Washington’s Creative Writing Program, and held administrative, patient liaison, community education and clinic management positions in UW’s Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Psychology departments before retiring.

Shannon Ford

Lakeside’s Indigenous Girls

A Life-Changing Educational Opportunity Beyond Lake Chapala’s flourishing expat communities, girls in poor indigenous families dream of better lives. But those dreams fade in the grim reality of the girls’ day-to-day existence. They’re surrounded by the constraints of poverty, parents struggle to provide even the basics for their children, illiteracy is common, and jobs are […]

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OUR INDIGENOUS NEIGHBORS TO THE EAST

Poverty, Malnutrition, and Kidney Disease A little over an hour from Lakeside’s popular retirement havens, indigenous families struggle to survive. Children can be seen playing and laughing just like children anywhere in the world. However, despite the children’s cheerful laughter, severe poverty, malnutrition and kidney disease are pervasive. Rough roads and dilapidated dwellings characterize the

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