Desde el principio, Yodelis tenía altas expectativas para Nathan y para ella misma. Tenía 16 años cuando quedó embarazada y admite que estaba avergonzada y…
From the very beginning, Yodelis had high expectations for Nathan – and herself. She was 16 when she got pregnant and she admits she was…
By almost any measure, 19-year-old La’Quana is remarkable. She was barely 16 when her son, Marques, was born and since her pregnancy went undiagnosed for…
Tobi, Athena’s 6-year-old son, sits beside her on the sofa watching her homework videos and dreaming of being a scientist just like his mom. She’s…
For Evelyn Collins, the 29-year study of Nurse-Family Partnership mothers and their children in Memphis, Tenn., is not merely a rigorous randomized, clinical trial, rich…
As a U.S. Navy corpsman, Kayla worked in the labor and delivery section of a hospital, watching as new mothers wrapped their arms around their…
From her previous careers as a social worker and nurse in pediatrics and obstetrics, nurse Sara always felt a calling to home visiting. When a…
Growing up in a big family, nurse Maddie knew she always wanted to work with families and kids. While she loved her previous position as…
Keelah knew she wanted to be a mother. But she wanted her baby’s childhood to be different than hers had been, having grown up with…
Expecting a child is a time of great joy and anticipation, but for many first-time mothers it can also be a time of great stress.…
When Natasha found out she was pregnant at age 19, she was scared and in denial. She had never envisioned herself a parent and was…
What surprised Daniel most about his first encounter with nurse Irene was the homework. He admits that he didn’t know what to expect from a…
When Krystle found out she was pregnant with triplets Sariyah, Amirah and Zahra, she thought safely making it through her pregnancy would be her biggest…
The Allison you see today – focused, driven, highly organized, hyper-rational – is a far cry from the starry-eyed 19-year-old who dropped out of school…
Lisa spiraled into a dark place when she first learned she was pregnant. A week after, she found herself alone in her bathtub bawling her…
The image is burned hard into Salinta’s memory. She was three months pregnant, standing in the middle of the street in a neighborhood in Gary,…
