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Her diary · Latina · in her 20s

Yesenia

Yesenia calls herself “funny, bubbly, kind, progressive, pretty.” She is a single mom raising her young daughter on her own while she finishes school. Her faith, her workouts and her home-cooked meals are, for her, one piece: care for the body.

a single mom raising a young daughter · 2 of 5 days in the diary

All names in these stories are pseudonyms.

Her diary, day by day

  1. Day 1 · You

    She is my everything, she is the reason I get up and wabt to progress and move forward in my life.

    on her daughter

  2. Day 2 · Your world

    Things are not always going to go the way we expected them, so that is why you have to adapt to every situation you are in.

    on her view of life

  3. Day 3 · Nutrition

    She did not write on this day.

  4. Day 4 · Resilience

    She did not write on this day.

  5. Day 5 · Envisioning

    She did not write on this day.