Dawnyell Returns to the Old Neighborhood

Dawnyell went back to her old neighborhood for the first time since leaving behind the drugs, the dealers, the shame of wasting so much time and energy. She brought her daughter to see the old predatory haunts, to see where she lived before she learned to be a mother. They then returned to their new home.

Photographed for the Folks Press in Portland, Ore., Dec. 18, 2011.