Jennylyn is a RYE school english student currently at level 3.

Jennylyn is sister of Raffy and they have 5 other brothers and sisters. The oldest is 16 years old and the youngest is 7 years old. She lives in a small home with 5 of her brothersand her parents. The 6 children living at home all share a tiny room and sleep on the floor.The oldest son is working in Batangas (a 12 hour ferry ride away from Cawayan) in a chicken farm to help support the family with his small wage.

Jennylyn walks down a very steep and dangerous hill for 20 minutes to get to school. Parts are concrete but most of the path is thin and muddy. She has to walk the same route at least4 times a day, as she has lunch at home. The condition of the path means that on the rainy days she is unable to attend school.

Neither of her parents are in full time employment. Her father fishes on the days that it is possible to climb down the Payawpao mountation, it is at least an hours walk down. If he has a good day fishing he can afford to give his family 3 meals a day with rice. Otherwise they only have rice once a day. The other days they have bolied root vegtables for breakfast and diner and they can only afford rice for lunch. On the other days he farms.

Jennylyn's mother sells their crops on the near by island Romblom 3 days a week depending on the weather.

Jennylyn's parents hope that their children will be able to finish their studies and find a good job that will allow them to have a better lifestyle then they currently have.