Aracely* is a strong and silent woman, who above all else takes pride in being a mother. As a factory worker she brought home $1,200 a month. Consistent with a recent study by the National Women’s Law Center about the gender wage gap, like most Latinas in California, Aracely only made 43% of what white
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Sheryl is a successful paralegal who volunteers her time at the Harriett Buhai Center. Her commitment to the Center was forged through a personal experience she had here. Years ago, Sheryl found herself in a tumultuous marriage that was destroying her. “I was mentally, physically, emotionally and financially challenged. I had been raped by my
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“Everything I did was for my children,” says former Harriett Buhai Center client Flora.* “No matter what I was going through, I just focused on my children and that’s what kept me going.” Flora arrived at the Harriett Buhai Center after years of struggling to break her family free from her husband’s captivity. Her long
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When Eddie* learned he was going to be a father, he was determined to be a good parent. When his daughter was born, the child’s mother was living with her new boyfriend. Even though the child was Eddie’s biological child, the mother listed her boyfriend’s name on the daughter’s birth certificate and wouldn’t let Eddie
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“My son and I were almost on the streets. I didn’t know where to turn. The Harriett Buhai Center provided me and my son hope for a better life.” After losing his job, Carols* could only find temporary work to support himself and his young son, Robert. His unemployment benefits were exhausted. His savings were
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