Mattie Celi

Growing Up Without a Place to Call Home... Mattie has never known what it means to have a safe and loving family. She's had to rely on herself from an early age, as she and her siblings grew up with an alcoholic father and stepfather who were verbally and physically abusive, as well as neglectful. Finally, when Mattie is fourteen, the cycle of hurt and abandonment at the hands of her biological family comes to an end...only to throw her into a sea of new challenges as she experiences the wi...