While her fellow high school sophomores were planning for homecoming, Shequitta Kelly was looking for day care and medical insurance for her newborn daughter.
Despite becoming a mother at 16, Kelly finished high school and went on to college.
"When I arrived on campus, I was lost and afraid," Kelly wrote. "There were countless sleepless nights. I deeply feared failing."
One group of women would not let Kelly fail — her sorority sisters. The women became her support system, her after-hours day care, and her reality check.
With the support of her friends, Kelly graduated from college and went to law school. Today, Kelly is a lawyer and hopes her daughter, Janay, 11, will be equally blessed with invaluable dreams.
"They instill confidence in me when I am ready to throw in the towel," Kelly said of her sorority sisters. "They bring peace when the rest of the world is screaming at me."
