Cassandra Torres working on her new Habitat home.
“I’m waiting for somebody to say ‘Cassandra, wake up!’, I keep thinking it’s farther down the road and I don’t want to get so antsy,” said Cassandra Torres on the build site of her new home in San Pedro during the first day of the JCWP. Her four kids are eager to move in and her two youngest girls have already decided on their room décor: one Dora the Explorer, the other Barbie. Her kids have also started begging their mom to get a puppy for their new home, each has their own idea of what kind of dog to get. Cassandra home, which is being built entirely by women at the JCWP, is scheduled to be done by Friday. Torres is proud of the team building her home because she says, “women are perfectionists."
(Photo: L.A. Councilwoman Janice Hahn, volunteering at the All-Women build site.)
Cassandra is a huge inspiration to others, who might be interested in applying for a Habitat for Humanity Home. She works full-time, goes to school and drives more than 30 miles to the job site to put in her sweat-equity build hours. Her advice to others interested in home ownership is “just keep trying, even if you get discouraged, keep trying!”
When asked what Cassandra is going to do in her new home first, she simply replied, “Sleep.”
To read more about the Torres family check out her famlies bio at http://www.jcwpla.org/jcwpla/jcwp_family_torres.asp
“I’m waiting for somebody to say ‘Cassandra, wake up!’, I keep thinking it’s farther down the road and I don’t want to get so antsy,” said Cassandra Torres on the build site of her new home in San Pedro during the first day of the JCWP. Her four kids are eager to move in and her two youngest girls have already decided on their room décor: one Dora the Explorer, the other Barbie. Her kids have also started begging their mom to get a puppy for their new home, each has their own idea of what kind of dog to get. Cassandra home, which is being built entirely by women at the JCWP, is scheduled to be done by Friday. Torres is proud of the team building her home because she says, “women are perfectionists."
(Photo: L.A. Councilwoman Janice Hahn, volunteering at the All-Women build site.)
Cassandra is a huge inspiration to others, who might be interested in applying for a Habitat for Humanity Home. She works full-time, goes to school and drives more than 30 miles to the job site to put in her sweat-equity build hours. Her advice to others interested in home ownership is “just keep trying, even if you get discouraged, keep trying!”
When asked what Cassandra is going to do in her new home first, she simply replied, “Sleep.”
To read more about the Torres family check out her famlies bio at http://www.jcwpla.org/jcwpla/jcwp_family_torres.asp
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