This brooch combines the stories of my father’s life in El Salvador, the ongoing journeys of migrants from Central America to the United States, and recent promises from the government to fortify the border and step up deportations. Decades of war and violence have forced a mass migration of people, mainly unaccompanied children, from my ancestral homeland. The Easter lilies adorning the silver migration route illustrated in the piece were pulled from a faded image of my paternal grandfather’s funeral. Their delicate beauty serves as a counterintuitive symbol of death and mourning, as is faced by many who make the treacherous voyage in search of freedom and opportunity.