Additonally
Ahem, Stoke went on to add, “It’s like that picture is my alter-ego and sometimes I feel like I use it for a positive force, and sometimes I just choose to leave it out there and not engage with it.”
Mama Says
Cindy, Allison’s mom, also spoke about the toll it took on her daughter, “I think I saw her grow up faster. “She saw how the world can be, saw how some people can be really cruel, some people can be great. I think she realized, ‘I can’t be so concerned about what everyone else thinks; I have to pursue my career and my dream and my sport.'”