Too Young to Die is a long-term documentary photography project. All photography by Carlos Javier Ortiz / Wonderful Machine. For more, go to www.carlosjavierortiz.com.
This piece was supported by grants from the Open Society Foundations and the California Endowment National Health Journalism Fellowship, a program of the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. Funding for previous installments of the Too Young to Die series was provided by The Chicago Community Trust via the Community Media Workshop, the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, and the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation.
