▁rac ism . ▁I ▁had ▁never ▁seen ▁rac ism ▁like ▁that ▁in ▁Nic ar agua ▁... ▁[ m ] y ▁political ▁conscious ness ▁was ▁born ▁then ." ▁ ▁Ast org a ▁married ▁Jorge ▁Jenkins ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁ 2 2 . ▁Ast org a ▁had ▁four ▁children , ▁two ▁with ▁her ▁husband , ▁two ▁with ▁Jose ▁Maria ▁Al var ado , ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Sand in istas . ▁ ▁A ▁revolution ary ▁ ▁Ast org a ▁later ▁returned ▁to ▁Nic ar agua ▁and ▁studied ▁law ▁at ▁the ▁Universidad ▁Centro amer icana ▁in ▁Man agua . ▁Her ▁association ▁with ▁Nic ar agua ' s ▁Sand in ista ▁revolution aries ▁began ▁during ▁her ▁years ▁as ▁a ▁university ▁student . ▁From ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁she ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁finding ▁safe ▁houses ▁and ▁transport ation ▁for ▁the ▁revolution ary ▁leader ▁Oscar ▁Tur cios . ▁ ▁At ▁age ▁ 2 2 , ▁she ▁married ▁Jorge ▁Jenkins , ▁a ▁student ▁activ ist . ▁The ▁young ▁couple ▁spent ▁the ▁following ▁year ▁in ▁Italy , ▁where ▁he ▁studied ▁anth rop ology , ▁and ▁she ▁studied ▁bank ing ▁law ▁and ▁computer ▁programming . ▁They ▁had ▁two ▁children ▁and ▁separated ▁after ▁five ▁years ▁of ▁marriage . ▁During ▁this ▁time , ▁Ast org a ▁led ▁a ▁double ▁life ▁as ▁a ▁mother ▁of ▁two ▁and ▁a ▁corpor ate ▁lawyer ▁for ▁one ▁of ▁Nic ar agua ' s ▁largest ▁construction ▁companies , ▁while ▁c land est in ely ▁a iding ▁the ▁Sand in istas . ▁