Dasani Watkins sits in front of her Barry Farm home before the first day of her senior year in 2017. Watkins moved to Barry Farm with her family in 2013.

Chase Marshall, Dylan Marshall and Zion Archer play in the complex's yard in 2016. Chase and Dylan are Watkins' brothers.

A crowd watches a Goodman League basketball game at the Barry Farm Recreation Center in 2016.

The view from Watkins' bedroom at Barry Farm, partially blocked by a window fan. Watkins says one of the hardest parts of living at Barry Farm was the lack of air conditioning.

Watkins video chats with a friend from her bedroom in Barry Farm in 2016. Watkins moved to Barry Farm with her family in 2013.

Sean Brown, Chase Marshall, Dylan Marshall and Zion Archer play together on a hot summer day at Barry Farm in 2017.

A man waits in the rain during the funeral of Milton Joseph Taylor in 2017. Taylor represented incarcerated people and was a well-known leader and friend in the Barry Farm community.

(Left) Paulette Matthews, a Barry Farm resident for over 20 years, is suing Washington, D.C., for alleged racist gentrification practices. (Right) A note informing guests of a sleeping baby.

Amor Merlin and Lakeisha Merlin do homework outside their home in Barry Farm in 2016.