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Foundation recruits Native students, then mistreats them ‘I was pregnant, isolated, and trapped. I was essentially pushed out of my professional education program’ Author: Valerie Butterbredt (Courtesy image) ‘I was pregnant, isolated, and trapped. I was essentially pushed out of my professional education program’ When I started my master’s in social work at Washington University in Saint Louis, I didn’t tell anyone I was pregnant. I was worried I would be treated differently or not taken seriously as a student. I didn’t realize how correct I was. Not only was I treated differently; I was actively punished for choosing to become a parent.

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