She was a fatherless child in a New York City housing project and grew up to become a San Diego welfare mother with a failed marriage and a junkie past.

• 她童年时就没有了父亲，生活在纽约市的住宅区里。长大以后，她的婚姻又遭失败，成了圣地亚哥的一位福利母亲，而且还有过一段吸毒的经历。