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In 2001, a young woman by the name of Latasha Cannon was murdered. She was 17 years old and living in a CPS funded group home in Boston. Unbeknownst to any of the caring adults in her life (her family, her CPS worker, the group home staff), she was under the control of a pimp and being exploited through prostitution. At the time of her death, a lot of folks came together to say "was this an isolated incident or the tip of the iceberg"? We quickly learned that it was the tip of the iceberg. Out of Latasha's death, My Life My Choice was born.

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