Brandi Williams [BW], single, age 25, is a Katrina evacuee from New Orleans, LA [NOLA]. Most of this interview is delivered without interruption. BW lived in NOLA all of her life except when she attended LSU in Baton Rouge, LA. BW grew up in middle class neighborhoods in NOLA Through visiting family in various neighborhoods throughout NOLA, BW experienced various economic ways of life. Whenever BW looks back on NOLA she remembers it fondly, although she did have certain gripes about it, particularly crime. [3:39] “A lot of young guys seemed to be lost in NOLA, I don’t think it was a good town for a lot of young Black guys; they seemed to lose their footing and get into a lot of foolishness and it wasn’t cool to –for them to carry books; and they would always get teased for being smart.” BW likes to write and always saw herself as moving away from NOLA for better opportunities in the public relations industry. She worked at a PR agency in NOLA. She is now working in Houston, handling PR for a national countertop company. BW has a lot of hope for NOLA.