Khadijah Williams: A Major Obstacles In Her Life

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I think the person who had overcame major obstacles is Khadijah Williams. I think Khadijah had the most difficult obstacle in her life, that was her life because it was terrible. The article mentions how she had no home to stay, because she had no home to stay, education was hard because she had to move from shelter to shelter. The author Esmeralda Bermudez says,” As long as she can remember, Khadijah has floated from shelters to motels to armories along the West Coast with her mother.” (pg.4) Also her mother was very young when she had Khadijah. Soon her mother was kicked out of parents house and left to die on the roads. The author also says,” She knows she was born in Brooklyn, N.Y, to a 14-year-old mother. She thinks Chantwuan might have

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