Maria Santana

"I have HIV. Where do I see myself in five years maybe dead cause I don't think I'm gonna make it."

Maria dropped out of school in the 9th grade and began
cutting school and smoking marijuana in her early teens.
Her mother and father were alcoholics. Maria was raised
in the Bronx by her grandmother after her father died when
she was 17. Maria was convicted of criminal possession
and criminal sale of a controlled substance - (crack)
in her late 30's and served 2 years in prison.