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 HUDSON OAKS, Texas (AP) - After gathering the courage to leave the common-law husband she described as abusive, Gilberta Estrada was determined to make a better life for herself and her young daughters just a few years after arriving from Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Pregnant with her fourth daughter, she moved into a women's shelter, where she learned to ride the bus to her doctor's appointments. She got a work permit and began a job at a fast-food restaurant. Finally, a few weeks after baby Evelyn was born, she moved into her own mobile home.
"I remember her telling me, 'I am worth something. I am doing this for me, and I am doing this for my girls,'" said Evelyn Haro, a case worker at SafeHaven of Tarrant County. "She said, 'I'm going to be OK.' Her self-esteem was building up."
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