Mary Salter Childhood

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Mary Salter came a large family of three brothers and three sisters. She was the middle child of them all. Her family would have been considered lower class. Despite her life at home, she was still an honor roll student at Yazoo County. Mary graduated a year early with a 3.8 GPA. She was ready to start her future and getting more out of life than what she had.
She struggled a lot right out of high school. Being a single mother of two boys wasn’t easy. Her oldest son is two years old and the youngest is 10 months. She didn't want her boys to have the same lifestyle that she grew up with. She dreamed of a better life than always struggling. When she finally hit rock bottom is when she was determined to put her dreams in motion. That’s when

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