Name: Melissa Rodriguez
Hometown: New Haven, Conn.
Current city: Orange, N.J.
Occupation: Customer service representative
Then:
"I just started my life. I just started to go to school, I just started working, and I just didn't have anything settled yet."
In 1996, after 12 years living in the foster care system, Melissa recorded a diary about getting pregnant and becoming a mother. She was trying to straddle life as a teenager with the coming responsibilities of parenthood.
