Hari, maybe the one I have grown closest to, is 15 years old – She is fierce, loving, unfiltered, and tender. She poses for a picture her sister Sita is taking to my right. Her fiesty attitude and passionate personality have made her transition to the United States an especially emotional one, causing her to get tangled in the drama of her apartment complex and her family. She has a relentless yearning for justice and desire for good.

Closest to my age is Tulasha. She is the Acharya's oldest daughter who still lives in San Antonio close to her parents. She is 23 years old and married with two sons, Aaron and Aarush. As she holds Aaron on her lap, she calls her husband, Hem, to come and watch the children while she gets ready for work. She and her husband both work at the hospital nearby– Hem in food service and Tulasha in housekeeping.

Tulasha and Hem live in a larger apartment and are able to maintain a guest bedroom for visiting relatives, such as Hem's mother or Tulasha's older sister, Ishura. Ishura is the oldest child in the Acharya family and lives in New York with her husband's family. I don't know Ishura, because she and her husband moved northeast when they got married in 2009. Soon after the move, Ishura's husband found himself in money trouble and gambling and committed suicide. Ishura is the same age as me. She is a 24 year old widow and has a two year old daughter named Maria.

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