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In Pain into Power, Uchenna takes the reader on a journey from her childhood to her adulthood. As a child she had dreams of becoming a track star or playing for the WNBA. Uchenna was expelled her last year in high school. She got pregnant at the age of nine-teen with her daughter Camiyah not knowing which direction to turn or where her life was headed. She struggles from abusive relationships, scandalous friendships, drugs, depression, anxiety and much more. As she says, " I do not sugar coat nothing, I give it real and raw." She uses her pain to express her power and she gives advice to people that has been through what she has been through or similar.

I have had a wonderful life so far! I was raised in the military and got to travel, and to live in Europe for 3 years and travel to 10 different countries. At the age of 15 I was stricken with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis in both knees, which put an end to my very physical life. I finally had a horse, for 4 months before getting the JRA, and had to sell her, as I was in the hospital 6 times that 1st summer. I have subsequently had 18 surgeries for various problems, and I have learned to live with what I have. This book chronicles most of my life so far: the pain, the goodness, the loves in my life, and the heartaches. I also have a section dedicated to our Military Veterans, as ...