Hazel is in grade 6 and is a RYE school English student currently in level 3.  She enjoys Philippino language studies in school and hopes to one day become a teacher.

Hazel lives in a very basic home that often leaks when it rains.  Click here to see inside.

She has 5 brothers, ages 24, 20, 19, 17, and 13, and 2 sisters, ages 26 and 21.  One of her older brothers is a delivery boy in Cebu and the other is a construction worker in Boracay.  Her two sisters are married and live with their husbands in Sugod, the same town as Hazel.  She lives with her 3 younger brothers, her mother, and her father.  Both of her parents work as farmers.

Their family diet usually consists of rice, fish, and vegetables.