![From the series: Reed Young: Las Pajas and the Lucky Haitians Gris, 9, is one of the many children in Las Pajas without a birth certificate. Her mother was born in Haiti, and although Gris was born in the Dominican Republic, she is not considered a legal citizen. Gris cannot go to school past the 8th grade without a Dominican birth certificate.](https://acurator.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Reed-Young-aCurator-09.jpg)
![From the series: Reed Young: Las Pajas and the Lucky Haitians Gris, 9, is one of the many children in Las Pajas without a birth certificate. Her mother was born in Haiti, and although Gris was born in the Dominican Republic, she is not considered a legal citizen. Gris cannot go to school past the 8th grade without a Dominican birth certificate.](https://acurator.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Reed-Young-aCurator-09.jpg)
Gris, 9, is one of the many children in Las Pajas without a birth certificate. Her mother was born in Haiti, and although Gris was born in the Dominican Republic, she is not considered a legal citizen. Gris cannot go to school past the 8th grade without a Dominican birth certificate.