Transportation.
Food.
Everything.
Her mother hugged her and whispered, “Go.”Track Pregnancy
“But how will we afford it?”
Her mother smiled.
“We’ll figure it out.”
Nia worked two jobs during her first year.
in the morning and worked evenings at a grocery store.
She attended lectures during the day and studied whenever she could.
She rarely slept more than five hours.
Still, she earned excellent grades.
By her second year, she had qualified for a small academic scholarship.
By her third year, professors had begun recommending her for competitive internships.
But then her life changed.
Completely.
During her final year, Nia discovered she was pregnant.Track Pregnancy
The father of the baby promised he would stay.
Then he disappeared.
At first, Nia waited for him to call.
He never did.
She tried to convince herself she could manage everything alone.
But as her pregnancy progressed, the numbers stopped making sense.Track Pregnancy