Gaby Rodriguez: Teen Mom? “Throughout life, we are put into boxes to categorize how people see and know us. This is how stereotypes originate, because people would rather read labels on the box instead of taking a look and seeing what’s inside.” (Rodriguez 154). In her memoir, The Pregnancy Project, writer Gaby Rodriguez gives details about how she was able to fake her own pregnancy while also hiding the truth from her siblings, boyfriend’s parents, and her entire community. Gaby reveals everything that she learned from the experience. Nevertheless, Gaby’s story is about challenging stereotypes, and she found the strength to come out from the shadow of low expectations to make a bright future for herself. I enjoyed Gaby’s inspirational true story caught my attention and had it for the entire time. …show more content…
Gaby came from a family that was well known for teen pregnancies and living poorly. She was a straight A student, well-liked, and going straight to college. They lived off barely enough food to survive, and most of her mother’s kids dropped out of high school. All of her mother’s kids had at least one child of their own when they were in high school and eventually dropped out. However, one of her mother’s children did not become pregnant, that was Gaby herself. Gaby’s mother told her that if people did not expect her to become pregnant then she would not have. People around Gaby would tease her about becoming pregnant. The idea of people thinking she was going to pregnant led Gaby into the idea of starting her senior project: Gaby was going to see how people would react to her being pregnant just like her community thought she would