When Jocelyn was six, she and her older sister were removed from home because of abuse and severe neglect. A drug-addicted mother and a drug-dealing pimp father were what they knew as family.

Mae was always an outgoing young lady who enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, but at some point, her mother noticed that her daughter was behaving differently, quickly losing weight, and appearing withdrawn.

After years of witnessing domestic violence in her home, Dominique and her half-sister were removed from their parents’ house after their mother took a baseball bat to Dominique’s father. Her sister was placed with her father in another state, while Dominique was placed in an emergency foster home.