Debt.com Scholarship Winner: Tragedy Can Kill You Or Make You Stronger

My father died when I was young. I don’t often talk about it, because it’s painful. Perhaps that’s why I admire 21-year-old Makiyah Baptiste. The New Jersey native was only 11 when her mother died under circumstances she still is unclear about.

“Until this day, the cause of my mother’s death remains a mystery to me,” Makiyah says. “The autopsy…