Personas

Lily Anne Garcia: A 17 year old Filipino American student who is quite active in her

high school, being one of the cheerleaders for the basketball team, going well

through her academic work, a student president for the Math club and is a current

volunteer for a non-profit organization. Her current living situation is right in the middle

of gentrifying causes her and her family close to being forced to move out
if it gets approved.

Lizbelle Gatmaitan: A 28-year-old Filipino whom is a single mother caring for her

adopted child at the age of two-years old. She is living paycheck-to-paycheck trying

to find the means of living life and providing the best for her child. She became

interested in the community after she lost her home and moved to subsidiary homes,

owned by the government as her original home had been demolished for the urban

renewal process.

Arthur Roppiyakuda: A 48-year-old Japanese American father caring for his three

children, two older sons, and one daughter with a beautiful wife. He is a lawyer

whose emphasis is on homeowner issues with his clients. He established a community

outreach out of his own home and has yet to expand to its fullest – at the community

level. His work has inspired him to create such a feat.

Jay Torres: A 25 year old half Filipino, half Spanish American student attending his final

year at San Francisco State University taking his masters in Urban studies in minoring

and Asian American studies. He is currently working with the Asian American

Community Outreach to provide feedback and knowledge for a better community.

Lillian Fong: An 79-year old Chinese widow individual living in a retirement home that

had been left behind by her family. Her current living situation is being pre-gentrified,

going through the process of being approved by the city to renew the building, thus

costs of living rises and her health concerns worsens.

Minh Ng: An 87 year old Vietnamese single father living with his family sharing his last

life with them, while the process of being gentrified is going through in his community.

His family is trying his best to engage in this issue and stopping the city from

gentrifying their community.

These characters play a huge role in which tells the reader about the experience each individual goes through and how all of them work together to find way to keep their life together, cultural identity and their living situation to a settled solution