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Betty Calderon and her children, Ximena and Mariana Lopez
Betty Calderon waits on a quiet Rim Country street holding her 10-month-old baby, Ximena, and looking for the school bus that will pick up her 5-year-old daughter, Mariana. The Calderon-Lopez family is from Veracruz, Mexico. Speaking through an interpreter, she talks about how life can sometimes be hard for her family in Payson, but she enjoys living here and serving her family as a mother. "I love everything about being a mother - to watch over my children, to dress them, to be sure they have proper meals and to make sure that they are safe. It isn't always easy."