Ms. Dolores McGruder was born in Fifth Ward in Houston, Texas in 1948. She has lived in Fifth Ward all her life, a span of over seven decades, and sees herself as the “Fifth Ward Mother." Growing up, she remembers Fifth Ward being a close knit village and the community had everything they needed, within the city limits. While living at Cleme Manor Apartments, near Union Pacific railroad line, at least 50 people died from cancer or complications of cancer, while living at the complex. During her time at Cleme Manor, the water from the faucet would be yellow and green at times. She remembers seeing chemicals spill on the railroad tracks and the ground, that looked similar to the green and yellow faucet water. Ms. McGruder would later connect that the land, water and air contamination by the creosote at the railroad, was also a possible link/cause of the residents at Cleme Manors cancer diagnoses. Ms. McGruder was known as the “Pied Piper” of Cleme Manor, and organized events for the children in the neighborhood and made sure the children were in church. She is proud to have been able to not only be apart of raising her own biological children but to also influence and help raise at least 30 children from the Fifth Ward community. Ms.McGruder is a proud community leader and advocate of the Fifth Ward.