In 2013, on a Monday, Wendy Del Monte, mother of a girl, woke up at 3 a.m. when she heard a weird sound and suddenly she want to her daughter's bedroom to see what was happening. Wendy found her daughter, Ally, shaking, gripping onto a bottle that was from her father's medication. The sound was because the bottle fell to the ground. Wendy's daughter said to her that she didn't want to live anymore. Ally was 13 and she was in eighth grade. Ally wanted to kill herself because she has been suffering already years of bullying and cyberbullying. Kids would tease Ally about being fat and received 272 messages on her Tumblr telling her to kill herself. Ally would keep away the bullying and the cyberbullying from her parents and school officials, because she was afraid that it might turn worse than she ever imagined. Ally, today, who is a 10th grader and sophomore shared her story online in her page LoserGurl.com, where she posted a video talking about her past years in school and being bullied by other kids. The comments from people who have visited her page to see her video are recently positive and it helps Ally to realize she is not alone. Ally made this page to help kids around the world that are bullied to be strong and stand up for themselves.
Rojas, Marcela. "From Bullied to Bravery: One Girl's Story." USA Today. Gannett, 24 Oct. 2013. Web. 19 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, 20 Nov, 2013. <http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/24/from-bullied-to-bravery-one-girls-story/3184789/>
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