Profile: Aurea is the mother of two adult sons (31 and 29) and has taken in her 10-year-old grandson. Aurea suffers from diabetes, skin cancer and scoliosis. One of her sons works as a janitor and the other is looking, but has been jobless for two months. All four of them are trying to get by and live off of Aurea's disability check in the meanwhile.

She is very unhappy and is often in a lot of pain. She has taken to seeing a psychologist at St. Mark's church. She's trying to do anything she can to make her life, and her boys' lives, better. They all need new clothes, especially the youngest, her grandson Edwin. They also need help with furniture, chairs, sofas, a bed and a computer.

Humboldt Park means a lot to Aurea, she says it's a community that helps those who need help.