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Venezuelan Immigrant Builds Dream Life Photographing Dream Homes In New Jersey Venezuelan Immigrant Builds Dream Life Photographing Dream Homes In New Jersey
Venezuelan Immigrant Builds Dream Life Photographing Dream Homes In New Jersey Finding a better life in the U.S. was not a guarantee for Edwing Hernandez when he immigrated with his wife from Venezuela in 2012. But it was a possibility. He had $3,000 in his pocket, and a simple dream. "For me at that moment, [my dream] was to be in a safe country with freedom of speech and be able to live and have my basic needs covered," said Hernandez, 34, of Union City. For years, Hernandez worked physically-demanding jobs and long hours, sometimes 14 a day, commuting two hours to and from work, for only $8 an hour. Life would get a whole lot harder before it would get easier fo…