Olympic Hopeful Deals with Homelessness

KUER 90.1

Published October 14, 2010 at 8:15 AM MDT

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Mia Mora, 14, shows off a picture of her Mexican skeleton team. She and her mother are in temporary housing coordinated by the non-profit Family Promise.

By Jennifer Napier-Pearce

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Bountiful, UT – A Utah teen has made the cut for a new Mexican National Junior Olympic skeleton team and she's got her eye on a medal in the Winter Youth Olympics to be held in Austria in 2012. But her more immediate challenge is finding a place to call home. KUER's Jennifer Napier-Pearce reports.