Hi, I'm Winwona and I'm not a person that ever asks for help. Being orphaned, having no family, and being a single mother, I've faced a lot of hard roads and did it all. I've hit rock bottom because it was impossible to earn the amount I needed to take care of my son and pay the bills. Here I am now, 55, and I have to sit in the corner of a room for the last 20 years.

Once the first couple of teeth got punched out of my mouth, the rest just started to rot. Now, trying to get myself to be a better citizen, I can't even be treated like a human with my teeth. I am judged and talked about, and it's affecting my health and mental health. I've come so close, but yet so far away. I'm now 55 and I'm just doing what I can. This is just a shot in the dark. You know, pay it forward is what I would do.

It's horrible. I am disabled, I pay a car payment, and I pay rent. I'm not asking for it to be paid for because I'm putting what I can in as well as my insurance. Please, if you think it's something that you could do, I've made long choices, granted. I don't think there were always a lot of good choices, but I know that I've got myself here today. But I don't want to be this person anymore that people look at and think, you know, whatever they think.

I'd like to be able to eat something without choking, and I'd like to be able to meet my granddaughter and see my estranged son with my teeth. If I had the confidence, it would help me a lot to fix this relationship and to rebuild my life because at 55, I don't have a lot of time left.