I come from a foreign country and I was sent here because of the crime problem to live with my father's best friend and his family. I arrived when I was 14 and I was admitted into the seventh grade. The family had three children of their own, all younger than me. From the beginning the wife used me as a baby sitter and a maid. She said it was necessary for me to be part of the house, even if my father was paying for me. I don't want to be a Cinderella but I hated it, I am not a maid.

Because of how she treated me I escaped and ran away. I asked a man for a ride and he took me with him to where I live now. He had me live with him and he registered me in school with another name, which he bought from some people. I lived with him and we told everyone I was his niece. At his house I did all the housework because he didn't have a wife. I also slept with him.

I finished college under my married name. My social security card and other documents including my passport are under my married name. I go by that name and no one calls me my real name. I haven't spoken to anyone in my family since I escaped.

I don't feel bad, I was treated like a maid and I am not a maid. I am married now, but I know that my marriage license is with a false name and it scares me that one day someone will find out about me.