Their House

Kelly Maria Vasquez Ventura

Kelly Maria Vasquez Ventura is very cute with her first tooth missing. Her grandmother describes her as shy and forgetful. She lives with her grandmother Brigida Amarilis Ventura, her grandfather, and her 13 yr old aunt, and her uncles that are 16, 17, and 21 yrs old.  Brigida works as a housekeeper.

Kelly is 7 yrs old, and she was born 08 Apr 2003.  She goes to school in the afternoons for 3 hours and is in 1^st grade.  She is in good health. Kelly wants to be a doctor when she grows up.

Kelly lives in a very tiny house that Brigida’s mother in law let them build at the back of her property.  They do not pay rent.  There are 4 adults and 3 children living in the home.  Brigida is very tired, and told me that neither her husband nor any of her adult children can find jobs.  Their house is so tiny that they wash their dishes outside the kitchen window on a small table.  The bedrooms are very crowded; one bedroom has 3 beds in it.  The bathroom was awful.