![]() ![]() Sofia Palma Florido, middle, with her paternal grandmother, María de la Paz Milla, left, who she called 'agüi' and her aunt, Martha Palma, right, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, in 1999. "I don't have access to that listening space with them anymore, so if I can give somebody else's grandparents that listening space, I'll do it." ![]() ![]() With most of her grandparents now gone, Palma Florido set out to document the stories of older people and found the project was a way to give back to seniors in her community. She was a woman of many stories and unparalleled resilience." "My paternal grandmother grew up in New Jersey and returned to her father's home country of Honduras after boarding school. I believe this gift allowed her to make everyone in her life feel all the more special," Palma Florido said. ![]() She did not receive a formal education but had an incredible memory, remembering nearly everything about everyone she met. "My maternal grandmother was a wonderful Colombian woman with a heart overwhelmed with generosity. What she didn't realize was that she would also end up honouring her grandparents in the process. When Sofia Palma Florido was choosing what to pursue for a research grant while studying at McMaster University, she knew she wanted to highlight Latin American stories in Hamilton. ![]()
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