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Obstacles That Made Me When I Am I
I am a very optimistic and determined person. We’ve all heard about the girl raped, abused, or even in foster care right? Luckily, I was neither of the those. Although just because I have never been that girl doesn’t mean I haven’t had my own struggles and obstacles I have had to overcome. Obstacles that made me who I am. The ones that gave me my identity.

My obstacles started as a baby. I was conceived when my mother was only thirteen years old. She lost custody of me and my older three siblings because she was still young and naive. My grandmother who had raised kids since she was the same age had to pick up the slack and gain custody of us. Since my grandmother never had the chance to finish high school nor go to college because she was

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