#11 Christina

When Christina was in 11th grade, her foster mother made her quit playing basketball. After that, she felt like her life never got back on course. And so, she’s always wanted to ask her foster mother: why’d you make me quit?

Credits

Heavyweight is hosted and produced by Jonathan Goldstein.

This episode was also produced by Kalila Holt. The senior producer is Kaitlin Roberts.

Editing by Jorge Just, Alex Blumberg, and Wendy Dorr.

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