Mildred Antenor grew up in an immigrant community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
This is their story..
Some members of the Gladioli were able to survive and thrive despite the difficulties, while others didn\'t.
Mildred and those in her community are the Gladioli in an invisible society.
The adversity that she saw was related to drug abuse, mental illness, alcoholism and domestic violence.
She witnessed and experienced the hardships that the immigrants in her vicinity faced everyday.
Mildred Antenor grew up in an immigrant community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn