Viola stays with her parents and two siblings.  Her parents are peasant farmers and they carry their business on a small piece of land of about two acres. They grow a variety of crops such as coffee, bananas, beans, cassava and potatoes.

The land being small, they cannot have a enough harvest from the gardens to sustain the home and at the same time clear tuition fees  for their children. Basically, the products from the gardens are consumed by the family leaving  the school requirements not attended to. 

The father tries to do some odd jobs so as to assist in the payment of school fees but in many instances he fails to meet his expextations as that particular job may fetch little money. 

Viola attends classes but with a lot of problems ranging from lack of school requirements to any other that is required by the school.  Many times she is send home to collect school fees balances.  Viola has great love for being a nurse