noted. The publication, for example, shared the story of Marlon Parada, who makes $3,000 per month and says he had to scramble to pay the $1,800 to fly his cousin’s daughter and an escort from Houston to Los Angeles; the story of a Salvadoran woman who was asked to pay $4,000 to fly her niece and nephew from Texas to California with an escort; and the story of a Guatemalan woman who had to borrow money to pay the $2,500 to fly her teenage relatives from Texas to New York. “It was a nearly impossible amount for a single mother earning $200 a week,” Crystal Fleming, a lawyer at the Legal Assistance Group, told theTimesabout the latter case. The photos show the young girl dressed in a nun's habit with her face painted to look especially creepy and she was standing next to a child-size ghost demon nun because who needs balloons when you can decorate with inflatable demon nuns? Confirmation that this child is fully committed to being an admirably creepy small person was the fact that her birthday cake also had a picture of the actual nun fromThe Nun Would you say being Korean-American has influenced your songwriting or the themes you try to tackle? Has it influenced the way you work? One of the coolest outcomes from going solo to a show is the new friends you can make while you're there. People will see you’re alone and — more often than not — approach you and ask if you want to hang out with them. The best part? You already know they have the same taste in tunes as you.