USA. Fesno, CA. 2017. Carey at home. Carey, originally Edin, grew up as a male in a rural town in Oaxaca, Mexico. From a young age, she liked to dress up and wear makeup. She suffered years of abuse, including beatings, sexual assaults, and rape from an early age until she was an adult. She decided to flee to the U.S. and settle in California in 2000. She settled in Fresno. After twice being convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, she served 364 days in prison and was deported to Mexico in 2007, and again faced harassment from her family. Four officers at a checkpoint followed her, beat, and raped her. This prompted her to flee Mexico immediately. While attempting to cross the border she encountered uniformed Mexican military officers, she was separated from the group of migrants she was traveling with, while one of the officers forced her to perform oral sex while the other officers watched and laughed. She entered the U.S. in May 2008 and returned to Fresno.