Leslie Marban, 17, and her boyfriend Joe Álvarez, 19, hold their newborn daughter Annayetzi at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, Monday, July 16, 2018. Annayetzi was born early Saturday morning, July 14, 2018 weighing 6 pounds, 6 ounces. Photo by Anya Magnuson/The Oklahoman
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August 9, 2018
Leslie Marban, 17, and her boyfriend Joe Álvarez, 19, hold their newborn daughter Annayetzi at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, Monday, July 16, 2018. Annayetzi was born early Saturday morning, July 14, 2018 weighing 6 pounds, 6 ounces. Photo by Anya Magnuson/The Oklahoman
As a mother at just 17 years of age, Leslie Marban of Oklahoma City has a tough road ahead. The statistics make that abundantly clear.
Only about 50 percent of teen mothers earn a high school diploma. Leslie, who gave birth to her daughter last month and who was featured in a story Sunday by The Oklahoman’s Darla Slipke, will get a late start on her senior year but intends to finish and hopes to become an architect or an emergency medical technician.
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