WHAT IS IT ABOUT A PERSON WHO, IN THE FACE OF
ADVERSITY, SOARS WHERE OTHERS
SINK? HOW DOES ONE BREAK THE CYCLE OF TRAUMA
THAT CLAIMED SO MANY WHO CAME BEFORE? NOVELIST
TOMMY ORANGE ON THE EXTRAORDINARY
LIFE OF J E FFRE Y MA R TIN E Z , 17,
OF THE SICANGU AND OGLALA LAKOTA FROM SOUTH
DAKOTA, BORN AND RAISED IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALESSANDRA SANGUINETTI