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“Is this an audio interview?” asks Arooj Aftab, before I tell her a video interview would be better. She agrees, and says, “thank you”, as I wait for her to log on from a different device for five minutes. Originally from Lahore, now based.
Azalea Corral has a family photo that shows her three younger siblings and parents smiling together against a Santa Barbara countryside backdrop. It was taken on February 8, 2020 the last time they would pose together for a photos. The following day, both her parents succumbed to bodily injuries after a drunk driver struck them while they were out on their usual evening stroll in Goleta, a community about 12 miles west of Santa Barbara. Corral’s siblings were in the house; she was on a train back to Riverside.