Marianelis Lopez

Country: Dominican Republic

My birthday is 2015-01-17

Status: Vulnerable Child

I want to be a teacher.

I enjoy playing volleyball.

My favorite subject is Mathematics.

Marianelis attends a public school near her village. She likes math, and her favorite color is pink. Her favorite sport is volleyball. Marianelis wants to become a teacher in the future. Marianelis lives with both parents and her three siblings Rafael, Robert, and Yeindi. Her mom lost her job, so now her dad works as a security man to provide for the family as best he can. Marianelis lives in Batey Lecheria, a village on the outskirts of Santo Domingo, located in the area of Los Alcarrizos. Villages are generally divided into "Dominican" villages or "Haitian" villages. Batey Lecheria is a predominantly Haitian village. Like many villages in the Dominican Republic, people often settle and build makeshift homes on land they do not own. Wealthy landowners will many times come and tear down homes for no apparent reason, other than as a reminder to the settlers that they do not own the land.