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His mom cleaned houses and worked in a thrift store.

At a thrift store, the clerk pulled from his wallet a photo of his granddaughter in her softball uniform.

Last fall, she interned at the Vashon Beachcomber — one of her hometown papers — covering everything from a thrift store’s role in the global supply chain to a paddleboarding witch parade.

Also a fashion and music enthusiast, she is likely to be spotted at any local thrift store listening to rock en Español.

They wanted to barter their old clothing, but that was a sticky prospect in Los Angeles — the scene is riddled with suspicious stares from thrift store employees and digital cold wars with teenagers on Depop.