Stories

Tenielle became a nurse in 2006, had her own apartment, a child, and had her life together. When she became pregnant with her second child, she had to stop working for the duration of her pregnancy. Once she was ready to return to work, she became pregnant again and could not return. Both babies were …

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Takeria and her two daughters, who were under the age of two, became homeless after an incident of domestic violence. The family lived in her car for a couple of months before entering the Lewis Center. She was connected with a local agency who provided her daughters and her with a 90-day stay in a …

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Rogero was born and raised by a loving family in Boynton Beach. He was an exceptional athlete, lettering in football and also playing on the local baseball team. Rogero had professional abilities until he began to associate with the wrong crowd. Soon, his poor judgment of friends took him down a path that landed him …

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Michelle’s roller coaster of a story doesn’t start with the bad times. Most of her adult life was very pleasant and successful. She went through a short marriage which produced a beautiful little girl. Raising her alone, the two of them were inseparable. Michelle even started a great career as a business analyst. After eight …

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What does “success” mean to you? According to Alonzo, “Success has no words to define it because everyone sees it differently.  To me, it is more moral and spiritual and is defined as steadily doing the right thing.  It is not material.  You have to be careful not to set the goal too high at …

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