Love Yourself
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Last published Tue, Jul 10, 2018
Yazmin is 19 years old and a sophomore at Atlanta Tech college. She's always struggled with confidence because of her weight. Yaz is noticing she's letting the best years of her life pass her by because of her insecurities and this is the year that's going to come to an end. On a journey to finding her confidence and learning to Love herself she's going to run into many obstacles. Will she let it get the best of her?
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