“My first true love went to jail, and I became a small-town girl with an over-sexualized reputation. Teachers hit on me. Dads from the daycare I worked at stalked me. I was ridiculed, taunted, labeled easy. Enter more boys.”
‘There was a catch. This boy was technically a man. At 20-years-old, our sexual relationship was illegal. After hiding our meetups, I came home to find a police officer on my couch.’
‘When my school discovered I was undocumented, my scholarship and in-state tuition were taken away. I told my papi I was going to drop out. He told me he’d cut his arm off before I dropped out.’
“Up until I was 18, I lived my life thinking I was just like everyone else.”
