Finding myself

'I am strolling the streets just like any other day. I greet George Hanson, who is standing outside the front of his restaurant fixing the specials board, and he kindly invites me in for a bite, but I politely decline. I keep walking. Wait. I see a man. I feel like I have met him before. He turns around and our eyes lock for a brief second before he turns back around and starts to run." Melaina is a fifteen year old who's first memories are of life on the sidewalks of NYC, cared for by the generosity of others. She is a street smart, determined girl who journeys on the path of discovering her life before the streets and thus finding herself.