As I’ve noted before, the rent eats first. They began relying on food boxes from their church. Bedoya had enough savings to cover April’s rent, $1,595, but they had to skimp on other bills. But the virus was not far behind him, and when it arrived in full force in Texas, the jobs dried up. Loaiza returned to San Antonio and quarantined at home. In March, as New York City became an epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, Mr. Loaiza temporarily moved back, sending money to his family, who had remained in Texas. In November, having found better work opportunities in New York, Mr. During the off-season, he joined construction crews, cutting tile and stone, and waited tables. Loaiza worked as a physical trainer for the San Antonio Athenians, a semipro women’s soccer team. Loaiza lost his income because of business closures, before he and his family left their home because they were threatened with eviction and before he contracted Covid-19 likely as a result of that move.įorty-five, with a trim athlete’s body, Mr. His broad smile forced his dimples to crease in.

Loaiza would put on salsa or reggaeton, twirling his girls around the living room and laughing. They would walk by the river with ice cream or ride bikes after Sunday church. They loved that house - its fenced-in backyard and four whole bedrooms, each with soft tan carpet - and their new city.

A year and a half ago, Jhon Loaiza and his wife, Sugey Bedoya, moved with their three daughters - now 12, 5 and 3 - from a two-bedroom apartment in New York City to a compact brick ranch house in San Antonio.

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