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s .Sheha vef
e l
tthewa rmtho ft heai
rfo rthefi
rstti
meo n
De c
emb e r1 6,
2005a t12:
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nt sareJefpri
nea ndRa z
ze lTeof
il
o.Andy es
,
thena meFhr ie
nz e
lli
sderi
v e
df r
o mthec ombinati
ono fherpa rentsname .Sheiscurrent
ly
16y e
a rso fa g
e,turni
ng1 7thissamey ear.Sheha vetwoo thers i
bli
ngs,name l
yKe s
hiaand
Jiez
el Teofiloandsheisthee l
des
td aughteramo ngthem. Shei sno wagra de11st
u d
ent
taki
ngSc ience,Technolog
y ,Engineer
ing,andMa the
ma tic
s( STEM)s t
r and.
Sheisj
ustapl
ainandsimpleki
ndofag i
rl
,nott o
otal
lbutal
sonott
hatsho
rt,br
own
-ski
nned,andhasal
ongs t
rai
ghtblac
kha i
r.Herhobbie
sares
ingi
ng,da
ncing
,andrea
ding
mo s
toftheti
me.Sheisengro
sse
dt othei
deaofexa
mi ni
ngandexpl
ori
ngthewonde
rsof
sc
ienceanddre
amedthatsomedayshewil
lbeoneofthosee
xpl
orers
.
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sq uit
ef riendly,thou g
hs hene edst osmileoft
e ne speci
a l
lywhe nme eti
ngs omeone
newino rderf o
rt he mno tt othinkt hatshe ’
sno tapproa cha bl
ea ndb ec
omea l
ooftowards
her.Herlife’
spr e
t t
yc ommo na c
tua l
ly,waki ngu pandpr epa refors c
hool,theng oi
ngb a
ck
homea fterc l
assandd osomec horesbe f
ores tudyi
ng .
Shed oes
n’tha veanyi nti
ma te
rel
atio
nshipswi tha no ppo si
teg enderev e
rsinc e
,notjustb ecausehe rparentsf o
rbidherto
butalsobeca us
es hed oesn’twa nttoa ndc hos etonoteng ag eherselfonthats peci
fi
cma tt
e r
asshed o
esn’twa nta nyhi nd r
a ncesint hemi d d
leofhers tudies.
Shewa ntedt obead oct
or
somedays oshes e
t she rgoa l
sstra i
ghta ndse tthestandar dshighe noughfort hemno tto
reachitandd ist
ra cthe r.Sheha dsomea dmir e
rswho ’
sto oe age
rt opu rs
uehe rthatma de
herstruggledtore j
e c
tt hems incet heyha veb ecomefriend sfir
stb efo
reb ec
o mingher
sui
tors.Bu tthen, sher eal
izetha tshe’stooy oungtob ee ng ageont hatma tterandfindher
academicsa sana dv e
nt urea l
ready.
Inhe r16y ear
sofe xi
ste
nc e,s
heha vewitnesse
dd i
ffer
e ntkindofstruggle
si nlove
,
mo s
toft hema reherrel
a ti
veswhod ecide
dtot a
ker el
a tio
nshipst oose
riousinsuchay ou
ng
ageandd eci
dedt ohaveaf a
mi l
y.Andt he
nno w,theya restrug gli
ngaslif
eb ec
ome smo re
dif
fi
cult.Andt hat’
shows he’
verea l
i
zet otakethingsslowlya nds ethe
rpla nsri
ght .She
wantedt obesu cc
ess
fulasshecana ndpr ovid
eal uxuri
o usli
fef orherfamilythat’swhy
she’
stryingsoha rdtoma kethatint hefutureanda voideverypo ssi
bi
li
tiesthatca nhinde
r
i
t.Ando nemo rethi
ng,shedoesn’twa nttogobac ktot hewa yt heyareusedtob ewhe nshe
wasy o
u nger.Herparentshadhe rwhe ntheywe reyou nga ndt hatma dethems t
o p
atte
ndingscho ol
.Shewa sb l
ame dandhe rparentswa sd i
scri
mi natedbythe i
rownr e
lati
ves
becaus
eo fthat.