Waree in the room where she teaches massage, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2017. She ran away from home and studied successfully to become an accountant. She is now a Thai massage teacher in Chiang Mai. 'I always felt alone in my life since I was born. Because my mother left me and gave me to my auntie, as she had no daughter and my mother had many so she took me. Once I was in her house I was a slave, nobody cared what I ate or what I did, I was slowly educated. Education of Thai people is just to work like a slave. I could not communicate to anybody. I had to survive alone and work very hard. Now my daughter is 14 years old, my son 16 today. These kids were born in a comfortable life, full of abundance. If the wind blows in her eyelashes, she cries. She’s gonna be fucked up in the future. The kids born in a comfortable life never have to face any struggle. Their parents take care for their kids not to know the struggle side of life, and I think it makes them too fragile. From now on I want to educate my kids in another way.Because if I look at my self in any situation I know how to live. I have 100 baht I know how to live. I'm not crying. I think it is very good to be able to face any side of life. I never want my daughter to be in that stage though. I don’t want to depend on men or anybody if I don’t feel like it. Myself is the god, is the center of hope. If I wanna fuck up my life or do something new it’s my decision. We need to have self center, to strongly stand here with ourselves, then whatever happens you’re not going to fall down easily.' Photo by Su Cassiano/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM