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\f0\fs24 \cf0 >> LOOK AT OUR GUEST, SHE LOOKS\ LIKE A TYPICAL TEENAGER.\
HER LIFE STORY IS A TYPICAL.\ SHE IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.\
BORN IN LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA\ AND BROUGHT TO MEXICO AT 4.\
SHE WAS ABUSED AND HAS SPENT HER\ LIFE IN THIS HOME, A FOSTER\
CARE, GROUP HOME GETTING MOST\ FUNDING FROM FOREIGNERS.\
NOW AT 18 SHE'S RECLAIMING HER\ U.S. CITIZENSHIP.\
HER GOAL IS TO GO TO COLLEGE AND\ WORK WITH ANIMALS.\
>> I SEE MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES\ TO GET AHEAD.\
HERE LIFE SEEMS TO BE MORE\ DIFFICULT.\
>> FLOR'S CASE IS UNIQUE.\ STUDYING IMMIGRATION IN ORPHANS\
AT THE NORTHERN BORDER.\ >> WHAT IS RARE TO SEE ARE KIDS\
WHO ARE U.S. CITIZENS LIVING IN\ A ORPHANAGE BY THEM SELLS.\
SOMEONE FROM U.S. WILL CLAIM\ THEM.\
>> FLOR LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE\ IN AROUND ENSENADA AND SHE WAS A\
BUSSED BY HER MOTHER AND\ GRANDMOTHER.\
SHE SAYS ANIMALS WERE A REFUGE.\ AT 8 NEIGHBORS CALLED THE\
AUTHORITIES WHEN THEY HEARD\ DISTURBANCE AT FLOR'S HOUSE.\
SHE WAS FOUND BLEEDING AND TAKEN\ TO A HOME.\
ATTEMPT OF REUNIFICATION WITH\ HER FAMILY FAILED.\
SHE WAS PLACED IN A SECOND HOME\ AND LATER A THIRD.\
SHE SEEMED DESTINED FOR A TOUGH\ LIFE ON THE STREETS.\
ONE OF HER FRIENDS GOT PREGNANT\ \page AT 15.\
FLOR CHANGED.\ >> IT WASN'T ANYTHING.\
I SAW MY FAMILY AND HOW THEY\ WERE.\
I SAID I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE\ THEM.\
IT WAS BAD.\ MORE THAN ANYTHING THAT INSPIRED\
ME TO CHANGE.\ >> AT AGE 16 AND STILL A WARD OF\
THE STATE FLOR WAS PLACED IN THE\ HOME SHE STILL LIVED.\
IT'S SURROUNDED BY VINEYARDS AND\ OFF ILL TREES.\
THE GROUP HOME IS RAISED LIKE A\ RANCH.\
RAISING ANIMALS AND CROPS OF\ FOOD TO EAT, WATCH CLOTHES THE\
OLD FASHION WAY AND BURN WOOD\ INSTEAD OF PROPANE.\
MAJORITY ARE TEENAGE GIRLS HERE.\ >> FLOR HAS SPENT MANY YEARS IN\
A ORPHANAGE.\ SHE KNEW SHE WAS A U.S. CITIZEN.\
BECAUSE SHE WAS A MINOR SHE\ NEEDED HER MOTHER'S PERMISSION\
TO CROSSOVER TO THE UNITED\ STATES.\
HER MOTHER DIDN'T GIVE IT TO\ HER.\
NOW SHE'S AN ADULT SHE IS ON HER\ WAY.\
>> FLOR USES HER ROUGH CHILDHOOD\ AS MOTIVATION.\
>> SHE FOCUSES ON WHAT SHE\ WANTS.\
THAT SHOULD BREAK THE CYCLE OF\ ABUSE.\
>> TO HELP FLOR REACH HER GOAL A\ ORANGE COUNTY CHARITY HAS TAKEN\
A SPECIAL INTEREST IN HER.\ THEY HAVE HELPED HER OBTAIN A\
BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND OBTAIN HER\ PASSPORT.\
WHY TAKE SUCH A INTENSE INTEREST\ IN ONE ORPHAN?\
THEY SAY FLOR IS A SPECIAL CASE.\ >> SHE IS -- SHE HAS A BIG, BIG\
HEART.\ \page SHE KNOWS EXACTLY THAT SHE WANTS\
IN THE LIFE.\ >> THE FOUNDATION WANTS TO DO\
MORE THAN HELP FLOR CLAIM HER\ CITIZENSHIP.\
THE PLAN IS TO HELP HER LEARN\ ENGLISH THROUGH THE SUMMER AND\
ATTEND COLLEGE AFTER GRADUATING\ FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN MEXICO WHERE\
SHE GETS GOOD GRADES.\ FLOR'S GOALS GO BEYOND SCHOOL.\
SHE WANTS TO HELP HER FAMILY\ DESPITE THE CHALLENGES IT POSES.\
SHE WANTS TO REUNITE WITH HER\ MOTHER AND SUPPORT HER SIBLINGS\
IN MEXICO.\ DESPITE GROWING UP IN A\
EXTREMELY DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY\ SHE FEELS AN OBLIGATION TO BE\
THERE FOR THEM.\ }