Teen seeks help to pursue her dreams
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July 13, 2026
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For 19-year-old Natala Wallace, the road to her dreams has been interrupted by unimaginable pain.
Within a matter of months, the Windsor Forest, East Portland teen lost her mother, abandoned her sixth-form studies, and later found herself fighting for her own life after a medical emergency that required two surgeries.
Now, getting what she describes as a “second chance”, Wallace is determined to return to school and complete the journey she started — a journey she believes her late mother would want her to finish.
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