"I didn't go to school today," shouted Luis*, as I entered the house.

"Oh really? Why?" I asked, very interested.

"Well… I have things to do, you know," he responded.

Veronica gets misty-eyed as she speaks of Lucas’s* graduation and the moment he was given the honor of being first escort, signifying his high academic ranking among his classmates.

Her dark hair framed a face marked with evidence of physical mistreatment. Baby Nelly* was just two months old when she was welcomed into the loving arms of the tias at FHC-Quito.

If you have ever been around a five-year-old, you know how much they love to ask questions. Michael*, who has been at For His Children since he was an infant, is as curious and inquisitive as they come.

From the first day of culinary class, Maria* compulsively tried to put every food item in her mouth. She is severely visually impaired and Veronica, her Occupational Caregiver, had to continually remind her to stop tasting everything.