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Why success stories can feel like exploitation

Everyone tells me I should be proud of overcoming poverty but talking about my childhood makes me feel exposed and I don't want to be anyone's inspiration story.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

She's resisting the way others want to use her struggle as narrative material while she's still processing her own relationship to her past.

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