This story first appeared on palabra, the digital news site by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
For The New York Times journalist Jazmine Ulloa, writing a book about the past, present and future of El Paso was a deeply personal experience.
Ulloa is a Mexican-American who grew up in the Texas border city. Years later, she would return to her hometown to cover a tragedy – the Aug. 3, 2019 mass shooting by a white nationalist targeting Latinos in a Walmart…