Jen Macias De La Parra (she/her) is the Designer & Creative Director and Founder of Duende (a design and strategy studio in Portland, Oregon). Jen talks to Kim about growing up in Arizona, becoming an orphan by age 14, being the ward of the state, living with multiple families while having no place to call home, dealing with sheriff Joe Arpaio, putting herself through college, and reclaiming her complicated multiracial identity as an adult. Jen's brave story will inspire and make you believe in the kindness of strangers!