by Courtney Barton | Oct 25, 2016 | Honors Abroad
“During my time on the streets of New York I was abused, shot, stabbed, raped, kidnapped, trafficked, beaten, addicted to drugs, jailed, and more all before I was 18 years old” (Smith, 2012). This was the brutal reality of eight years of Barba Amaya’s life and,...
