Mardalis' life is being changed.
Mardalis from Nicaragua is one of many students who are being sponsored. Her sponsor is Patrice from Nashville, Tennessee.
Mardalis lives in the town of Granada in Nicaragua. She is in the fifth grade of primary school at the age of twelve. She lives with her mother in a three room house with bath and kitchen. Their family does not have running water. Her mother works as a factory worker. She has five siblings. She enjoys sports and endeavors to become an architect.