Maria Consuelo Lopez Ramirez

59 years old / homeowner

Maria spends her day at home taking care of everything, but she also makes traditional Salvadoran food and prepares fruit. She used to do laundry for other people but stopped. In the new house, she lives with her daughter and granddaughter.

Karen Liseth Martinez Lopez

28 years old / Homemaker / Maria’s daughter

She spends her days at home taking care of her daughter, she is a single mom of a girl.

Jimena Monserrat Guevara Martinez

4 years old / student / Maria’s granddaughter

Jimena loves spending time with her mom and her grandma.


The house was given to them after the earthquakes that happened more than 20 years ago. It is made out of metal sheets, but with time it has become moldy and rusty.