Kansas City, between cradles and silences: voices of mothers who resist

In a modest home southeast of Kansas City, Ana breastfeeds her baby while she reviews her high school homework. She’s 17 years old and already carries the weight of motherhood. Next to her, a notebook with algebra formulas; in the other room, an improvised crib. “When I knew she was pregnant, I felt scared and lonely. I thought it was all over for me,” she says without looking away from her child, who sleeps peacefully. Ana found support in a co…