By Sarah Hoye
Philadelphia (CNN) -- Alana Gooden never thought she would live to see her 18th birthday.
Her brother died in a car accident when she was 12 years old and the emotional impact lingered in the family for years. By the time Gooden had reached her junior year in high school, her world came crashing down. After a falling out with her mother, she moved in with a friend and her family in poverty-stricken North Philly...[continued]
