Adriana: “The teacher told me that my son didn’t know anything,
that he was about to fail, and he ought to go to a special
needs school. Instead, we decided to move him to a different
public school to solve the problem. He was getting bad marks
before; now he is getting excellent marks. When I told his new
principal about all the things they told us in the old school, she
couldn’t believe they said this about our son.”

Štefan: “White people here say that Roma don’t want to work, but how are they supposed to work if they’re not offered jobs?”

Štefan, who is originally from Slovakia, came to Brno for a temporary job when he was 18. During this stay, he met Adriana and was immediately smitten with her. They are still in love today. As a young teenager, Adriana knew she wanted to be a mother and have a family. She was 18 when their first child was born. Štefan and Adriana live in Brno with their three sons.