Published on September 24th, 2025

Published on September 9th, 2025

Kyra and Malik are trailblazers in their respective families. They are the first in their families to graduate from college and branch out to a new state and build something entirely of their own.  Kyra grew up on the south side of Chicago and was raised by a hard-working single mother that did everything she […]

Published on September 8th, 2025

Alysa was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and still calls the peach state her home. She works at a local hospital as a Senior Employment Recruiter and is actively engaged in her community through the arts, sports, and church. Additionally, she’s an avid baker and started her own baking business. She has seen firsthand […]

Published on August 28th, 2025

In the aftermath of the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California this past January, the Greenline Housing Foundation mobilized.  In just six months, they’ve become one of the leading organizations helping members of the Black and Hispanic community in Altadena recover, rebuild, and remain in the neighborhood. It’s still early days, but Greenline has been moving fast. Their […]

Published on August 20th, 2025

Published on July 30th, 2025

Leslie and her four siblings bounced around quite a bit growing up. She was born in Connecticut then moved to Puerto Rico and finally landed in Southern California. As an adult, she has endured quite a bit of adversity from being a single parent herself to divorce to a failed business venture. But through it […]

Published on June 13th, 2025

Born and raised in Altadena, Dana Brumfield had only moved four times in 50 years. But after the Eaton Fire devastated Altadena and destroyed her family home in January, she found herself moving 14 times in the first 100 days after being evacuated from her home. “That was a lot for me, to pick up […]

Published on May 29th, 2025

Federal agencies must do more to house struggling victims from January’s Eaton Fire, Rep. Judy Chu (D – Monterey Park) and advocacy groups said Tuesday. Chu hosted a roundtable at the Altadena Library with officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and […]

Published on May 29th, 2025

Rep. Judy Chu, D-Pasadena, gathered 15 community groups Tuesday for a roundtable meeting with representatives from government agencies, advocating for a direct leasing program for Eaton fire survivors desperate for housing help. The Direct Lease housing program would activate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as the master owner of leases, allowing it to act as a lender […]

Published on May 22nd, 2025

Nichole was born and raised in Los Angeles by her grandparents. She started working at age 15 at McDonalds and she’s now in her forties and hasn’t stopped working since. As she says, “I made some poor decisions when I was a teenager and I didn’t go to college. That has made it extremely difficult […]