alma castros is maria's mother. d you survive, we had no option, but to survive, she tells me. alma is up at 5:00 every morning to help harvest the fruits and vegetables that feeds the rest of the nation. she earns $7 an hour. you take to the field. you want them to know how hard it is. she wants them to aspire to so much more. you don't study or nothing? >> si. >> reporter: hardly anyone here has cell phones or computers. children go outside to play. evelyn is 8 years old. what would you like to have more of that you don't get? >> more food. >> reporter: more food. sometimes you don't have enough food here? it's no wonder many of the residents call themselves the forgotten ones. their homes are build crudely with scrap material and flood when it rains. yet, all that is largely ignore the by state and county officials. >> these are the hidden people. they are the hid the people. and they are caught between a rock and hard place. no money will be put in for economic development because what do colonias have to do for