Anadia Miguel makes fufu while 9-month-old Avelin cruises the kitchen.
Djamila, 8, and Denilson, 6, play with their little brother Avelin in the room they share at their apartment in Lewiston.
Anadia Miguel feeds her youngest child, Avelin, flanked by her husband, Pedro Miguel, on the left, and only daughter Djamila, on the right, at their apartment in Lewiston on Dec. 13, 2023.
Pedro Miguel, front left, Anadia Miguel, front right, sit in the living room with their baby, Avelin, daughter, Djamila, and two eldest children, Enoc, back right, and Manosse, back left, at their apartment in Lewiston.
Djamila and Denilson watch television at their apartment in Lewiston.
Pedro and Anadia Miguel’s wedding photo hangs on the wall of their apartment.
Djamila, right, and Denilson look out the window of their apartment in Lewiston.
Pedro Miguel hands Avelin’s bottle to Djamila so she can go fill it up.
Anadia Miguel holds her youngest child on her lap while her daughter Djamila makes him laugh.
Six-year-old Denilson holds a piece of art he worked on at school.
Enoc, 18, right, and Manosse, 16, Pedro and Anadia Miguel’s two eldest children, at their apartment in Lewiston in mid-December.
Pedro Miguel gives his 9-month-old-son, Avelin, a drink of water after dinner. The family moved into the apartment last summer after months of living in the family shelter and in a church.
Anadia Miguel talks to her son Manosse, 16, far right, and his friend before they leave the apartment for a church meeting.
Anadia Miguel washes dishes while her younger children play in the background at their apartment.
Anadia Miguel does her daughter Djamila’s hair at their dining room table. Miguel has four sons and only one daughter.
Denilson, 6, plays with his little brother, Avelin, at their apartment.
Anadia Miguel makes fufu to go with her family’s dinner at their apartment in Lewiston on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.
Anadia Miguel in the bathroom of the apartment where she also does the family’s laundry.
Nine-month-old Avelin crawls through he kitchen at their apartment in Lewiston on Wednesday, March 6. Anadia was pregnant with Avelin last spring when the family was living at the church that was housing some asylum seekers.
Djamila holds her little brother, Avelin, while her other younger brother, Denilson, eats a bowl of noodles.
Djamila in her room at her family’s apartment in Lewiston.
Djamila helps her little brother Avelin walk as their dad watches at their apartment in Lewiston.
Pedro Miguel, second from right, holds his daughter Jamila Miguel, 7, as she doses off in the chairs they sleep in at the Family Shelter in Portland on February 9, 2023. Miguel, his pregnant wife Anadia Miguel, center, and their four children are seeking asylum in Maine from their home country of Angola. The Miguels were one of the dozen or so families that were sleeping upright in chairs in the overflow room at the Family Shelter in February because the city was out of shelter space.
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