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April 10th, 2013 by admin

“You Pass”

Maria de Jesus Cristina

As a young wife and mother, Maria miraculously obtained a visa to leave Mexico and join her husband in the United States. However, the visa eventually expired and Maria lived for many years as an undocumented worker, trying to keep her family together and make a living for her children. Maria has now obtained a visa and is working towards her GED, while sending her children to college and serving as Primary president in her ward.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, 41 - 50 years old, Divorced, English, Mexico, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: divorce, education, Hispanic Mormons, immigration, Mexican Mormons, Mormon immigrants, Mormon single mothers, single mother

February 6th, 2013 by admin

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A Champion for Diversity

Sui Lang Panoke

As the founder of a consultancy that prepares and promotes women and minorities in politics, Sui Lang Panoke is trained to find opportunities for organizations to improve their representations of these groups. She sees her love of the Church as complementary, not in contradiction, to her professional training. As a single mother and Relief Society president in her Washington D.C. ward, Sui Lang shares her testimony of the Church’s divine organization and the opportunities the gospel gives each member to grow in her own relationship with the Lord.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, English, Featured, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Professional Paths, Professional Pursuits, Single, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: careers, education, family, graduate school, LDS culture, Mormon single mothers, Mormons in Hawaii, Mormons in politics, single, single mother, Utah, washington DC

January 8th, 2013 by admin

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An Unfinished Story

Kimberly White

First married at age 18, Kimberly White emerged from an abusive marriage to earn a degree from BYU in philosophy and marry in the temple. She is the mother of five children, one of whom was stillborn, and currently lives in New York City. She shares her thoughts on the unfinished stories of women who struggle with suffering children, the death of a loved one or trials of every kind.

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Posted in: 31 - 40 years old, Divorced, English, Magnifying Motherhood, Magnifying Motherhood, Married with children, Personal Challenges, Personal Challenges, Uncategorized, United States - Tags: BYU, divorce, education, motherhood, New York, single, single mother

October 13th, 2010 by admin

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Critical Thinking for a Critical Time

Catherine Humphrey

Catherine Humphrey was married to her first husband for 28 years. Parents of six children, Catherine and her husband served together as mission presidents in Brazil when she was 32 years old. Their marriage slowly dissolved after she learned that her husband had embezzled from clients and been disbarred. As a single mother, she went back to school, completing a master’s degree and a Ph.D. Thirteen years after marrying her second husband, he was diagnosed with an acute brain disease that has slowly robbed him of cognition and function.

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