Eric Hill and his family moved to Bunche Manor when he was a toddler. After graduating from college, Eric moved to California to achieve his career goals but always knew that he would one day return to where he grew up, now known as West Lakes. In 2013, ready for retirement, he returned to West Lakes!

Laquita Wilson lives in and works as a leasing agent at the Pedana Apartments at West Lakes. Laquita was born and raised in Orlando. She and her daughter are graduates of Jones High School. When Laquita attended, she marched in the band. She proclaims that she is a forever Tiger!

Rachelle Laguerre is a new resident of the West Lakes. She is a native of Haiti, but she grew up in New York. Before moving to West Lakes she lived in Altamonte Springs. She has been in Central Florida now for 7 years.

Ramon Escarfullery lives in the Pendana Senior Apartments in the heart of West Lakes. He loves living in Community. He said there is no place that he’d rather be than Pendana.

Aretha Simons moved to Orlando in 1995. She became a resident of the Rock Lake neighborhood in 2015. She is a Florida native hailing from a small town called Arcadia, which is about 120 miles from Central Florida.

Alvin Giles grew up in the Washington Shores neighborhood. He relocated to Luola Terrace in 2010 after graduating from Florida A & M University. The neighborhood is special to him as it holds many memories. Alvin recalls visiting his grandmother’s home, located in Luola Terrace often as a child. Her house was the first place that he had the autonomy to go to unsupervised as he matured. He would travel across John Young Parkway to her Sunset Drive residence. His aunts also lived on Jacobs Place in the West Lakes Community.

Bernice Edwards lives in the Rock Lake neighborhood in the Communities of West Lakes. She and her family were some of the first residents to move into the neighborhood when it was built. She has lived in her Ventura Avenue home since 1972.

Gracie Mitchell lives in the Rock Lake neighborhood in West Lakes. She is a member of the Rock Lake Home Owners Association.

Sarah Elbadri and Orett Davis live in the Rock Lake / Spring Lake Manor neighborhood in West Lakes. They have lived in Orlando for over a decade; and Rock Lake since 2018.

Marvelous Phillips was born in Camden, New Jersey. She did not grow up here in Orlando but is happy to call it home.

Alzo and Elouise Reddick (pictured with her daughter, Kay) live in the Clear Lake: Bunche Manor/Hollando neighborhood. They have lived in their current home since 1978. Alzo previously served as a Representative in the Florida State House of Representatives.

Margaret and her husband, Lee, live in the Rock Lake neighborhood. They are a military family and have both a son and a daughter. She came to the communities of West Lakes from Daytona Beach, Florida. She is a graduate of Mainland High School and Bethune Cookman University, located in Daytona Beach, Fl.