Thursday, May 29, 2008

Angelica Martinez (Age 16), Last Seen in the Rio Grande Valley
















Angelica loves her life. She has managed to excel in her studies, made it as the head cheerleader, and yet she struggles each day with severe juvenile diabetes requiring her to monitor her blood sugar every hour. Her family knows what happens to her body when she failed to monitor it in the past, and everyone knows what to do when she starts to go into shock. Today she had to grow up fast and take on more responsibility than she ever thought possible. Her life is now on hold and her dreams seem to be slipping away. She will never be the same after today, but she still carries her hope wherever she goes.

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