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“When my mother became ill with cancer, I had to take care of both her and my grandmother. I was 18, and I had to take mami to the hospital for her treatments and clean up after my grandmother, plus study,” recalls Soe. “It was a horrible time. It took a toll on my health too, and I would cry a lot. I even thought of taking my own life.”