A young Haitian immigrant's struggles - and her successes - at making her way in Miami
Briefly

"I remember that day I cried because all my friends had their mom, dad, and siblings. I started to have to do everything by myself. It was challenging."
"Although I was a child, I was there to work, and the environment would not be caring. I became responsible for the cooking and cleaning..."
"There was both physical and verbal abuse. I believe my relatives were taking out the problems they had with their mother on me."
"I hardly noticed my father, and he barely noticed me. He didn’t show up to my graduation, and that day I cried."
Read at Miami Herald
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