Raised an "army brat", Tracy loves to read books about places and people. She loves to learn and graduated from high school one year early with high academic marks. Instead of going on to college ahead of her peers, Tracy delivered a daughter at the age of 17. She has been a single mother on her own ever since. Tracy is 5' 10'' and lean at 130 pounds. Remarkably, the experience of pregnancy and childbirth last left no physical evidence on her perfectly, smooth butterscotch-colored skin. She is currently wearing her hair at a long, even cascade of light brown waves. Occasionally, Tracy wears violet, blue or green contact lenses to complete her light palette. Tracy is considering breast augmentation surgery to enhance her career.

"I found out that stripping is convenient and fun." Tracy has been working as an exotic dancer for twelve months. Raising her child on welfare, which was only meeting her bills

"I really appreciate the genuinely nice people that I meet each night in the club," said Tracy when asked what made her job enjoyable. She takes special pleasure in meeting good people while working in the club. She also values her friendships with the other dancers. "We come from different walks of life and yet we share something very special together," Tracy said.

Brought up in a very religious household, Tracy's parents taught her that the sex industry was part of society's "undoing." She strongly believed in that family value until last year, when she visited a gentlemen's club to experience it for herself. Although Tracy had not considered working as an exotic dancer before, upon her first visit, the management approached her with a job offer which she accepted. She has no intentions of telling her family about it and she hopes that they "never find out." Tracy comes from a very religious family whose values are very much against the sex industry. She feels that if her family found out, they would be "very very upset."

, Tracy needed more money to pay for college, including child care costs, transportation, fees and books. Before she began performing she waited tables. That job provided her with only $7-$8 an hour before taxes. After paying babysitters she was left with only about $2-$3 profit per hour of paid work. The money Tracy makes will help her achieve her educational goals as well as pay for high quality child

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