Rosita Jovani Bustos survived abandonment, illness, loneliness, sadness, injuries, and abuse-all before the tender age of ten. Above all that, she stood strong, working to buy her medicine and writing her memoirs. She survives because she strongly believes that God-her Diosito, her Chuchin-has been her guide. Such is her faith.

Barely a few days old, Rosita was abandoned by her mother. Reyna dropped the baby on the side of a dump site. The fall injured her young skull.