In the summer of 2022, Norvin made an excruciating but thrilling decision. After years of struggling to make ends meet for his family as a long-haul truck driver, life in his small rural town of La Maquina, Guatemala, had grown too lean. Gang violence and poverty were surging. So was chronic malnutrition, with more than 55% of children in rural Guatemala suffering from the condition. He wanted more for his young daughter and wife, more for the 10 members of his extended family who lived together in a few timber-framed houses with dirt floors and a shared kitchen and bathroom on a small plot of land. Norvin and the rest of the family had decided: He was going to embark on the migrant trail to the United States.