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Alison Killy

Greenville, NC, United States

70%

I grew up on Eastern NC. We did not live in the best neighborhoods growing up and there were always concerns about money. There was never enough. I got used to be told what I could not do to the point where I quit asking. My mom did not work for most of my life and dated an alcoholic for a good part of my childhood. My dad was not usually around as he did not want to be a parent. We were also no allowed to have friends to the house because my mom could not control my brother’s out of control behavior. Somehow despite all of this I managed to graduate not only from high school, but also college. I got through on my own hard work and determination.

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