Girls

Clarissa has a good homelife on the surface. Despite her loving family, there’s a history of addiction and abuse that can sometimes lead this proud outsider into unpleasant situations.

Crista’s complicated relationship with her estranged mother set the stage for a life fraught with doubt and low self-esteem. Living with her nurturing Auntie Karen, Crista is inspired by her interaction with Tara to see something worthwhile in herself for the first time in her life.

Jenny is a cautionary example of how an unhealthy home containing a drug-abusing mother who spends time with questionable boyfriends can lead a young woman down a bad path. When her mom isn’t doing drugs with her, Jenny is too often left to her own devices with no clear outlet as to how she should deal with her frustrations. 

Rachel D. has the expected difficulty of navigating life as a teenage girl, and it’s only compounded by needing to help care for her sick mother while she tries to deal with her own bipolar disorder. On top of it all, the young woman has been diagnosed with PTSD that developed in response to past abuse.

Reanna chose to get her and her little sister into foster care after encountering another used needle at her family home. Watching how much difficulty her beloved sibling has in their new situation fills Reanna with a deep sense of responsibility and remorse.

Rachel M. is equal parts a music-loving tomboy and a confused child of divorce who feels a sense of shame for living with more means and better opportunities than most of the girls around her.

Latrice, the quiet sister of Teara, dreams of getting into nursing but sometimes finds her focus affected by living in an active home that’s been raided by the police for suspected illegal activity.

Pearl is smart, funny, and seemingly self-assured, but she feels regret after speaking out against her father in a way that got her placed in foster care. Now all she wants is to be reunited with him, against the advice of the social workers looking after her. It’s a desire that led her to recant her previous allegations of physical abuse.

Anoela is as different from her sister Larissa as their dream jobs are…Larissa wants to become a vet while Anoela hopes to go into acting. Whenever Larissa misbehaves, the sisters are placed with a new family, and Anoela is one step further from finding her forever home.

Anna has been adopted by a family that’s supportive of her love for acting, but tensions arise when they see her behaving in what they consider to be a “lower class” fashion, similar to her classmates from different racial backgrounds.

Erica has a loving family and a deep appreciation for writing and acting, with most of her time and energy being directed at her boyfriend. As a young 14-year-old dating a mature 17-year-old, her relationship might fasttrack her into adulthood.

Madison was taken from her neglectful, drug-using parents and placed with a foster family. While she claims to be certain that she wants to become a teacher, her non-existent self-confidence makes it unclear if she will be able to take any steps in a positive direction.