The story of a Tucson woman who survived crossing the desert in 1980 is now being turned into a memoir. Dora Rodríguez was one of 13 survivors from a group found in Tucson in 1980.
She’s served as a leader in many community groups, but she shared her deep devotion to the Southside Presbyterian Church. Her memoir will detail the church as a place where she found her community after nearly dying while crossing the Arizona desert after fleeing her country, El Salvador.
Rodriguez was one of 13 survivors out of a group of 26 unaccompanied minors, she described. Reports show they crossed through the Organ Pipe area until the 13 survivors were rescued. Her story eventually brought her to the Southside Presbyterian Church…