My childhood in the housing project
From a tough childhood to a hopeful future
“A seven-year-old girl, a life-changing accident, and a story of abandonment, poverty, hospitalization… but also of courage, learning, and hope.”
“Beatriz Cartagena opens her heart to us in these intimate pages that transform pain into strength.”
“Sometimes I wonder how such a little girl could have carried so much…
but I decided to keep going.”Beatriz Cartagena Malavé
My childhood in the housing project
Why read this book?
- A story of real resilence.
- A testimony that inspires reconstruction.
- A tribute to wounded childhood... and to the love that remains.
About the author
Beatriz Cartagena was born in Puerto Rico in 1953. An educator by vocation, she dedicated 30 years to teaching. At 73, she decided to fulfill her dream of writing her story to inspire those who, like her, grew up feeling invisible.
Take this story with you
Let it touch your soul...
Suffering doesn’t define who you are… what defines you is what you do with that suffering.”
Beatriz Cartagena Malavé