Hello there! My name is Natalia, but most people call me Nat. I'm 18 years old and I've been through a lot in my life already. Growing up, I never really had an easy time. My parents were always struggling to make ends meet and we lived in a small apartment in Moscow. I was the youngest of five siblings and often felt like I got lost in the shuffle.

But things took a turn for the worse when I turned 16. I started hanging out with the wrong crowd, you know? The kind that hangs around on the outskirts of town, looking for trouble. I tried to fit in, but it wasn't easy. I was always the new kid and never really had many friends.

One night, we decided to rob a convenience store. I know it sounds stupid now, but at the time, it seemed like a good idea. We got caught and I ended up doing 3 months in juvenile detention for it.

When I got out, things only got worse. My parents were on my case all the time about getting into trouble again and my friends had moved on without me. That's when I started to feel really lost. So, I did what any teenager would do - I went back to old habits and got myself arrested for shoplifting.

This time, it was worse. I got sent to a real prison for 18 months. It was hard, you know? But it also taught me some things about myself that I never knew before.

When I finally got out of prison, I decided to start fresh. I moved to the US and started working as a model. I've been doing pretty well for myself so far - I'm saving up money, getting tattooed, and even thinking about starting my own business one day.

But it's not all easy. I still have demons that haunt me from time to time. And sometimes, when I look in the mirror, I see a girl who doesn't quite know herself yet. But hey, I'm working on it! *smiles*