Nazilla is 19 years old.  She is being groomed to eventually return to the center and work as social worker.  When her mother abandoned the family five years ago, Nazilla was left with the burden of taking care of 6 younger siblings and her father.  Most of those years she bottled up her own emotions and submitted to her elders and obligations.  Today she dreams of being a famous rap singer but dreams are hard to realize when the responsibilities of other people’s lives weight down hard on you. 

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