. >> michelle ortiz is a rebound artist who represents marginalized people whose histories are oftenriences loifing in south fill philly. >> i grew up on this block, so this isn't weird to me because we do this often on our block. >> nice. my mother is originally from columbia. and my mother is from puerto rico. and they met here in philadelphia. they settled and bought the house that i was raised in in 1975. and then i purchased the house across the street. >> that's amazing. that's like someone that doesn't -- you don't feel like that happens anymore. >> but it happens in south philly. you find that a lot of families that are like, my cousin lives here or my mom lives here, it is a very south philly thing. when you live in a neighborhood long enough, i have been here 40 years, i have been able to witness things that remain the same and things that have changed. sometimes i get little flash backs of when my son is playing because we were literally like the same boundaries i had as a child where i was like, okay, don't pass that tree, don't pass that tree stump. i was like, oh, my go

. >>> inspiración fue lo que encontró michelle Ángela ortiz en los boleros cantados por su papá, al mismo lucha por la identidad de los inmigrantes a través de su trabajo, esta muralista y educadora de artes usa el arte como un vehículo para representar a personas y comunidades cuyas historias se pierden en el olvido, creando un espacio seguro para el diálogo sobre alguno de los problemas más profundos que las comunidades enfrentan día con día en el país ♪♪. >>> michelle, quien nació en philadelphia, ve de cerca cómo su vecindario está cambiando y espera que su ciudad no solo se conozca donde nació, como un espacio donde muchos inmigrantes contribuyen a la riqueza del país. >>> está participando en un proyecto de arte público que se llama familias separadas, es lo que su autora llama fase 3, 3 instalaciones centradas en las historias de familias que viven en estados unidos afectadas por la detención y deportación y saludo en este momento a michelle, muy buenas tardes, gracias por estar con nosotros. >>> buenas tardes, gracias por invitarme y estoy muy emocionada por compartir mi historia

hunt says her life long drive to find her father led her to ancestry .com and to michelle center ortiz in april, so i got a message on ancestry dot com from a young lady saying, i'm looking for my birth father. i got some nephews to meet hunter. michelle may have been a cousin. but michelle says the information erica had given her pointed to bailey center who died in 2015. you got my face. bailey was also michelle's father, which meant the two are half siblings. it was just uncanny the things that they knew that could not be linked to a dna profile, and that's when i knew over zoom. michelle then introduced erica to her brother's bailey, the second who is out of the country. and keith, chris and brian living on the east coast and quietly without telling erica hatched a plan to meet her in modesto. and when we finally set settled on a date, it was go time. no, but i want to walk up to her. erica's co workers helped set up the meeting. anxiously they hid behind walls, your beard, tuck pillars and trees before the big reveal the wish daddy was here. it's amazing just to touch you with the

hunt says her life long drive to find her father led her to ancestry dot com and to michelle center ortizage on ancestry .com from a young lady saying, i'm looking for my birth father. i got some nephews to meet. hunt thought michelle may have been a cousin. but michelle says the information erica had given her pointed to daily center who died in 2015. you got my face. bailey was also michelle's father, which meant the two are half siblings. it was just uncanny the things that they knew that could not be linked to a dna profile, and that's when i knew over. zoom michelle then introduced erica to her brother's bailey, the second who is out of the country. and keith, chris and brian living on the east coast and quietly without telling erica hatched a plan to meet her in modesto. and when we finally set settled on a date, it was go time. no, but i want to walk up to her. erica's co workers helped set up the meeting anxiously. they hid behind walls, your beard, tuck pillars and trees before the big reveal. i wish daddy was here. it's amazing just to touch you with the siblings now together, t