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Public Interest

Aug. 17, 2004

Breaking Free

Veronica Mesa brushes her hair away from her face, her voice faltering only slightly as she addresses the crowd sitting before her.

By Amy K. Spees
        Veronica Mesa brushes her hair away from her face, her voice faltering only slightly as she addresses the crowd sitting before her.
        "I know what it's like to be hurt, to be able to predict when someone's going to hit you, or strangle you within an inch of your life," says Mesa, a Latina college student. "He told me n...

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