The last time Andrea Predl saw her grandfather, he was like a stranger. The strong, passionate man who spent entire days tending his vegetable garden and hours helping her with math homework, had withered away to a frail, old man in a wheelchair who could barely remember her name. Her grandfather suffers from dementia.

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It could be just another fad. It could be a good way to save green space and the environment. It could be someone’s last chance to do something good on earth. No matter the reason people look to green burial, it is a trend catching on throughout the United States — except for Florida and particularly Orlando.

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They work in the rain, in the summer heat, and the crisp cold of winter. Canvassers for Democracia U.S.A. are passionate folks who want fellow Latinos to have a voice. “I tell them, ‘Change will come. In unity there is strength,’” said long-time canvasser and East Orlando resident Maria Guerrero.

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Engelwood Elementary is tucked away in an Azalea Park neighborhood off Semoran Boulevard, the buildings deteriorating and the landscaping overgrown. Its teachers got used to being ruled with a light hand. Its students got used to the mediocrity expected of them.

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