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Atwater is Home
When Joyce Cooper was thirteen, she along with her mother and younger brother moved from Koreatown to Atwater Village. Only a few miles apart, but a world of a difference. “We lived on the eighth floor of an apartment building. I went to Hobart Elementary and I had a lot of cool friends. Our class…
Silent Killer
Dayana Molina is no stranger to gentrification. As a longtime resident of and advocate for Northeast LA, she has seen her community change drastically. It is part of the double-edged sword that comes with fighting to improve one’s neighborhood. Dayana has engaged with community activism since her youth. As a teenager playing in Anahuak Youth…
Divine Intervention
As a business owner, Rosa Mata is constantly working to make sure that her business runs smoothly. Within her long list of responsibilities, finding new clients is a low priority, because she knows that her clients will always find her first. For more than 18 years, Rosa has owned and operated “Botánica Ochosi” on Fletcher…
Parks and Gentrification
During the 80s, Downey Recreation Center — one of the few public parks in Lincoln Heights — was inaccessible and uninviting. Still, as the only park in the area, neighborhood kids like Lazaro Arvizu Jr. found themselves there often. Located in between the Swiss Dairy Company Plant (now home to the newly built Albion Riverside…