DORA

🎤 Join us for a talk about the gripping memoir by Dora Rodriguez .

One of only thirteen survivors of a harrowing 1980 desert crossing through Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument during El Salvador’s civil war, Dora fled political violence in search of safety—only to face new dangers along the migrant trail.

Her story traces a journey from a childhood in Santa Ana, El Salvador, to collapsing in the desert, left for dead, and rising to become a humanitarian leader in the U.S. borderlands. Her survival helped spark the Sanctuary movement in Tucson.

Now Founder and Director of Salvavision , Dora sheds light on the brutal realities of forced migration—and the strength it takes to survive, rebuild, and serve others.