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"HPP changed my life."
Lupe was born in Tijuana and her family immigrated to the United States when she was two. Her father was addicted to drugs and was physically and mentally abusive to her mother as well as his children. Lupe was a good student until sixth grade when she first became involved with gangs and drugs and started skipping school. One month into ninth grade, she dropped out of school for good. She became a teen mother when her oldest daughter was born the day after her 16th birthday. Lupe was involved in a violent relationship and was the victim of multiple traumas throughout her young life.Lupe came to HPP six and a half years ago because two of her friends were working here and told her about the Community Health Worker training program. She graduated from the CHW training program and was hired as a Case Manager. Lupe hopes to obtain her G.E.D. in 2008 and then she plans to continue her education and enroll in college. Her long-term goal is to work with at-risk girls and teen moms. Today Lupe says, “Through therapy and continuing my education and my work at HPP, I am someplace that I never dreamed I would be. I want to be a role model for my daughters so that they will never have the traumatic experiences that I had when I was young.”
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 "HPP changed my life."
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