Homeless girl with the secret sauce to success


By AGENCY
Not many who grow up on the streets or in foster care have the confidence or empowerment. Photo: Andre Hunter/Unsplash

At last, Destiny Jackson, then 13, said to herself.

After the abuse and the torment she'd endured over time, someone had called representatives from Philadelphia's Department of Human Services into her family's West Philadelphia home.

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