Biography:

Olga moved to New Jersey at age nine with her parents and 11 brothers and sisters from Fajardo, Puerto Rico in 1975. She is a 37 year old single mother and grandmother with five children who manages her own domestic cleaning and organizing service. She moved to North Philly in 1980 after her parents separated. Her mother did not want the responsibility of raising the six remaining children so she put them with people she knew. At age 12, Olga's formal education stopped because she became the live-in servant of the family she lived with. She did this for two years and went out on her own, was homeless, and has gone through many other trials. She has been robbed, had a child stolen from her, and in the 1980's her brother, Pedro, shot a Philadelphia police officer. Her aspirations are to get her children educated and then go on to get her own college degree. She remains strong and hopeful.