Teen Mothers

Juanita Alejos, 16-years-old and pregnant with her third child, recently moved to Our Mother's Home in San Carlos Park. The home for teenage mothers is one of only four homes in Florida that targets teen mothers and their babies in foster care. Tucked in a San Carlos Park neighborhood, the Our Mother's Home houses eight girls and their babies until the mothers turn 18 years old and age out of the foster care system. The story chronicles a year and a half of Juanita's life at Our Mother's Home, from a few months after she arrived to the day she left the home. Following publication of the five-part story, there was significant community reaction and discussion on teenage pregnancy.

Read the series at the Naples Daily News:
Learning to be Mothers | It's a Boy | Going 'Home' | Growing up Fast | Goodbye, Our Mother's Home