Young mother of 2 directs her life with determination

By Michael Tsai

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 01, 2012

~~<p>Jocelyn Conoly figures she had ample excuse to give in to the riptide of tough circumstances and poor choices dragging her farther and farther from the life she had envisioned for herself.</p>
<p>Her father died when she was 10 years old. After a turbulent adolescence, she got pregnant in high school and gave birth to a girl with a serious heart defect. Two years later she was working two, sometimes three jobs just to stay afloat. And that's when she got pregnant again.</p>
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Jocelyn Conoly figures she had ample excuse to give in to the riptide of tough circumstances and poor choices dragging her farther and farther from the life she had envisioned for herself.

Her father died when she was 10 years old. After a turbulent adolescence, she got pregnant in high school and gave birth to a girl with a serious heart defect. Two years later she was working two, sometimes three jobs just to stay afloat. And that's when she got pregnant again. Login for more...