Nicole Chavez
Writer
Nicole Chavez is a writer for CNN Digital, where she covers national breaking news.
When a solo traveler went missing in Peru, it changed her family's lives completely
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Edited by Braden Goyette, CNN Photographs by Desiree Rios for CNNShortly after his daughter Carla went missing in Peru, Carlos Valpeoz left behind his old life as a contractor in the Texas Hill Country and boarded a plane to find her. He brought only a backpack with him, unsure how long he'd be away from home.
Alone, scared and in a strange country
By Nicole Chavez, CNNDeisi Arreces-Huitz sat quietly in a tiny bus station in South Texas, holding a stack of tickets. Her bus wouldn't come for hours, and she was alone and frightened.
This family thought their troubles were over. Then the government shutdown left them in limbo.
By Nicole Chavez, CNNJust before Christmas, Jessica Caraballo and her husband got the break they had long worked for.
Trump's border shutdown threat left them in limbo. Here's what they want you to know
By Nicole Chavez and Catherine E. Shoichet, CNNA couple living on opposite sides of the border. A caretaker who crosses daily to help a woman in need. A man who buys medicine in Mexico.
