“I wanted a mom that was always there. I wanted a mom to come to my school functions. I wanted a mom to just love on me. I just wanted my mom, like any little girl just wants her mom.” Born to a drug-addicted, neglectful mother, Fernanda Herrera faced a lifetime of health issues. Scars from multiple childhood surgeries and rejection from the person she longed would love her, left Fernanda feeling unworthy and insecure. She recalls, “I felt she rejected me because I was sick. It started my self-confidence issues, my rejection issues, my resentment and hatred toward anything to do with drugs, anything to do with my mom.” Foster care separated 10-year-old Fernanda from her mother until her grandmother, the one bright light in Fernanda’s life, could secure custody. She says, “Though I felt lo

See Full Page