Figuring Out Relationships By Myself
Names have been changed. When I started 8th grade, my friend Ashley posted a status on Facebook saying I was looking for a boyfriend. Soon after, I received a friend request from a boy named David. I accepted it and we started messaging. He told me that he was Ashley’s brother. I knew she had […]
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Taking My Life Back From My Abusers
Names have been changed. When I was 9, I moved to New York to be with my parents and sisters. Like many immigrants from Central America, I took a two-month journey north across Mexico and crossed the border illegally into the United States. My aunt started the trip with me, but she missed her family […]
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Smaller Classes and Hands-on Learning Helped Me Find My Way
Names have been changed. I’ve tried my best to not let anything interfere with school, but my life keeps twisting me away from it. I was born in Brooklyn, and then my mom moved us to Georgia. She had fallen in love with a guy who lived there and gotten pregnant. After my little sister […]
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Claiming the Life I Deserve
For years, so many people abused me that I started to feel like I deserved it. But part of me stayed clear that I was made for a better life, and I kept telling the truth. Finally I found people who took me seriously and helped me escape and heal. I grew up in Jamaica, […]
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