These days, Miriam Robles spends a lot of time on the phone. In between her day job as an environmental justice organizer at Mi Familia Vota, a Latino political advocacy group that opposes President Trump, Robles phone-banks to register new voters.
One new voter she’s worked with is her 18-year-old brother, Kevin.
“I was super excited to get him registered,” she says. “I helped him fill out his primary ballot and made sure that he applied for [Arizona’s] Permanent Early Voting List. For him, he is looking at this fiercely as something that he could do for his family.”
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