Mayra Salinas-Menjivar’s tenacious spirit has given her confidence from a very young age. She was six years old when she boarded was on a plane from El Salvador to Los Angeles. Her companion was a woman she did not know and was not related to. All Mayra knew was that this woman would be the friend who would reunite her with her mother. This one life episode is part of the framework of attorney Salinas-Menjivar and her ability to explain the difference between child trafficking and a companion.

Ronald Roe Thome was born September 24, 1941. Thome worked and lived in Las Vegas, Nevada as a traffic engineer until he passed away November 3, 2010 at the age of 69.

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“Ronald Thome Obituary” Dignity Memorial, November 2010. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/las-vegas-nv/ronald-thome-4431316.