“And when I say my life is built on lies, I can say that my life is built on lies. Even having this interview, how would you know that I’m speaking the truth?”

“I had fairly good grades. And then, one day, in the middle of the pandemic, I just stopped,” Marianne Cruz said about her experiences during the 2020-21 pandemic lockdown.

During the coronavirus pandemic, Marianne “Maui” Cruz entangled herself in a relationship with a boy whose life could not have contrasted more with hers.