Elizabeth Ford didn’t have food at school, so she would tell other students that she was on a diet, something she considers easy for a girl to get away with.

On most days in her Reston, Virginia, neighborhood, she sat outside 7/11, hoping to gather enough quarters to buy a hot dog or nachos, or whatever else she may have wanted to eat.

https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2024/02/this-northern-va-woman-grew-up-hungry-shes-working-to-make-sure-no-kids-have-the-same-experience/