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Maricela Juarez, Christian's mother, is surrounded by her children, including Christian, left, as she stands on the front porch of their apartment in the Booker T. Washington housing project on March 30, 2009. Maricela was brought from Mexico to Houston as a 10-year-old, dropped out of school in 8th grade to avoid bullying, and became a single mother when she was 15. She has six children: 3 boys - Jorge, Lee and Christian; and 3 girls - Arleen, Marianna and Kassandra.