Interests: Selam hopes to one day become a doctor. She is 4 years old and lives with her
mom and dad and three siblings. The family shares one bed in their rental home. The home is a
traditional construction with a dirt floor and no electricity. Neither of her parents completed high school.
Her mom works as a cleaner and her dad as a gardener, earning about $1.50 per day to support their
family of 6. Their family is able to afford to eat 2 meals a day and never eat protein.