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Business Arrangements
Season 3 · Episode 3

Business Arrangements

Before Paulina was born, her future seemed predestined: She’d marry her relative and close family friend, Bobby. They were a match written in the stars. Or so she thought.

Foretold · Alex Higgins, Jazmín Aguilera, Lauren Raab, Heba Elorbany, Faith Pinho, Ethel Brooks, Mike Heflin, Avery Trufelman, Vadim Kolpakov, Asal Ehsanipour, Helen Li, Sue Horton, Alex PGSV

April 25, 202347m 9sExplicit

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Before Paulina was born, her future seemed predestined: She’d marry her relative and close family friend, Bobby. They were a match written in the stars. And their wedding only augured more good things to come. Or so she thought.

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Dive deeper: There is no monolithic “Romani American experience,” not even in California — there are a multitude of them. Author Oksana Marafioti shares her recollections of how arriving in Los Angeles as a teenager led her to celebrate her Romani roots. 

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