Laura Morton

On Assignment: Life

Kanisha Ford (right) works to watch her nieces and nephews play while also taking care of her 1-year-old son Melvin Bryant and 1-year-old niece Destiny Nichols outside their home in Pittsburg, CA. Ford, age 21, is raising her six nieces and nephews in addition to her own two children after her sister died suddenly from heart complications.
Kanisha Ford (right) works to watch her nieces and nephews play while also taking care of her 1-year-old son Melvin Bryant and 1-year-old niece Destiny Nichols outside their home in Pittsburg, CA. Ford, age 21, is raising her six nieces and nephews in addition to her own two children after her sister died suddenly from heart complications.