Retrieved and Translated from gshow.globo.com
Life has never been easy for Joseane, but she has never given up on adversity. Master of her own destiny, the woman from Jequié, Bahia, who became a mother at the age of 16, decided to try her luck in Salvador with her young son under her arm: “In my suitcase, I only took a blanket, a thermos and two aluminum cups.”
The first few years in the capital were not easy, but the nursing technician tells her story with a smile on her face and a pack of jokes to lighten the difficulties: “We only live once”. Unemployed for two years, she lives off odd jobs: “I also help my husband in his mechanic shop”.[1]
