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St. Joseph Sr. Rita Ann Teichman, who volunteered with Elmaleh at the Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, climbed a tree without prompt for a portrait. "All of the nuns are super youthful, but Rita Ann, she just jumped in that tree like it was nothing," Elmaleh says. (© Lisa Elmaleh)
St. Joseph Sr. Rita Ann Teichman, who volunteered with Elmaleh at the Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, climbed a tree without prompt for a portrait. "All of the nuns are super youthful, but Rita Ann, she just jumped in that tree like it was nothing