Yauchi Truffino is a New Yorker who lives in a small, vibrant community in Queens. Like most neighborhoods, she knows some people in the community and not others.
She has three kids in public school, and is somewhat involved with their activities.
As her kids grow and become more independent, Yauchi has become more concerned with how to keep them safe on streets that seem more perilous.
The neighborhood is at risk of more development and the schools are already crowded. Over the last few years, she has personally witnessed some traffic accidents and near misses and has become frustrated by how ineffective her complaints have been.
Yauchi would certainly join efforts with groups working on issues such as lack of crossing guards, speeding drivers, double parked cars at school pick up and dismissal, if only she knew how.
Whenever an incident occurs, Yauchi wants to pursue a complaint but after about 20 minutes of researching how and to whom, she gets dismayed and tables the notion.
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