The Importance of Earning Your Place

"I was blessed to be adopted, right? And I was just with kind of growing up in a little bit harder, fundamental, Baptist background," she says. "Once you turn 18, all that stuff stops. All the trauma and different things has no effect on your future ... Just keep skating on through." She adds: "Being here at North Hope, it's been such a challenge because really, the staff here, and you guys don't really care what I do. You guys just love me".