Personal Narrative: I Am Betty

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I Am Betty a 79 to woman and I live on the streets of Phoenix Arizona, I Am homeless person now because I lost my stable job and couldn't pay it anymore the fire I was evicted and left out in the street with the little bit of my belonging that I could get out of the house, I while I was sitting down in the 120 degree Arizona heat looking at people walk by and panhandling. I was approach by a man who wanted to take a photo of me, I thought ‘’wow’’ who can this man be and I told him for what he explained that it's for a photo project that he is doing and he wants me to be in it so therefore. I told him ‘’ Yes” but. First I need to brush my hair and put the little makeup I had found in the trash last week out by a beauty salon and put out my cigarette.

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