Mariel is very willing to work hard and learn. She also shows leadership ability and a desire to help her classmates. She has participated in Math Quiz Bees. Hariel has an 89 grade point average.

Goals: Mariel wants to become a teacher.

Favorites: In school, she likes Math. She also enjoys reading books and bicycling.

Family: Mariel lives with her mother and three siblings. Her father has passed away.

Income: The family of 5 lives on about $9 a day.

Housing: Their home has walls of hollow blocks. The roof is made of corrugated steel sheets. The floor is concrete.