Visual artist Evelyn Rydz was raised in Miami to Colombian and Cuban parents. Her body of work explores movement, migration, identity, climate and resiliency as understood through studies of water. In 2016, she launched a participatory community project called Comida Casera to bring people together from diverse backgrounds to share stories of immigration, food, and home. I was lucky enough to join a Comida Casera event at the deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park this August. I left with dozens of new friends and a deep gratitude for the timing of the event, given the censorship, erasure and violence faced by immigrants in America today.