Shenlly is a hardworking, industrious, responsible, dependable student. She participates in essay writing contests and math club activities. She has an 89% grade point average.

Goals: She wants to become a teacher and help her family.

Favorites:  In school, Shenlly likes Filipino and Math. She also enjoys gardening.

Family: Shenlly lives with her parents, a grandmother, two aunts and eight siblings (most of whom are also students).

Income: The family of 14 lives on about $10 a day.

Housing: Their home has walls of bamboo and tin sheets. The roof is made of corrugated steel sheets. The floor is just packed dirt. The windows are bamboo slats.