Stephanie is a 17-year-old Latina American of Mexican descent and has a two-year-old daughter, Jaylene. She is still with Jaylene’s father, who has been very supportive as a partner. Stephanie attends Long Island University's Certified Nurse Administrator program. She lives in Queens, New York, with her family.
Meet Winnie
Winnie
Liberia
Winnie is a single teen mom who lives in a small, floorless shack in a neighborhood outside Monrovia, Liberia, called Chicken Soup Factory. She was 13 years old when she became pregnant; she is now 16. She dropped out of school, is no longer with her boyfriend, and has been abandoned by her own mother who went to work in a mine. Winnie is struggling to raise her son, Belesed, with very little support. She doesn't see much of a future for herself or her son because of their dire poverty.
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