The bullying started when she studied at King Street School in Port Chester in the second grade. Ally weighed 60 pounds in the second grade because she needed to take medication for Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves' disease that were autoimmune diseases of the thyroid gland. Ally's classmates would start treating her bad telling her that she was gross and her stomach vas very huge. The harassment started when Ally was in fourth and fifth grade, the popular boy made all of Ally's classmates to hate her and would exclude her of many things, for example that she couldn't play on the school playground because then it would break because Ally ate too much. Although Ally's friend "confronted" her by saying that the kids would keep her around just to make fun of her. Ally's mom didn't knew about this problem and neither did the school staff. Later, the Del Montes would move to New Milford, Connecticut when Ally would finish fifth grade. Ally was introduced as the new fat girl and in sixth and seventh grade, she had good years and also was in the cheerleading team. But later, in the eighth grade one of Ally's friend turned on her and prank phone calls and texting that she was pathetic, worthless, and that her mother should have aborted her. Also, Ally was pushed into lockers and spit on. Ally started cutting herself and after her suicide attempt her mother got her help with therapy and medication.
Rojas, Marcela. "From Bullied to Bravery: One Girl's Story." USA Today. Gannett, 24 Oct. 2013. Web. 21 Nov. 2013. <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/24/from-bullied-to-bravery-one-girls-story/3184789/>.
Rojas Marcela, From bullied to bravery: one girl's story, Online Image, 21 Nov, 2013. <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/24/from-bullied-to-bravery-one-girls-story/3184789/>
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