“The Night They Took Me From My Mother, My Only Thought Was School—And Keeping My Promise To My Brother.”

“The night they took me from my mother, I wasn’t scared of losing her—I was terrified of losing school. It was my only safe place, my only constant. I had made a promise to my brother, and nothing—not foster care, not instability—could break it. This is the story of how education became my lifeline and led me to a future I never thought possible.”

New mom and infant swimming in pool water

This Is The Face Of Postpartum Depression

“I didn’t want to look like a failure. I didn’t want to ask for help. I went to my OBGYN, and he told me how what I was feeling was ‘normal’ and ‘everyone goes through this.’ He missed my silent cries.”

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