Baker, MS Lakesha Nicole

My name is Lakesha Nicole Baker. I am a 35-year-old African-American woman. I was born in the small town of Orangeburg, South Carolina, where I lived for nine years before a horrific tragedy led to my moving to New York City to be raised by my grandmother in the Bronx. I am the mother of a beautiful 12-year-old named Kayla Eunice Jones. Her existence has given me a greater sense of emotional and mental strength and stability. Indeed, a gift and a better extension of me, Kayla's existence has allowed me to revisit and vicariously live my childhood over through her. The good, bad and indifferent...