Christina House of the Los Angeles Times

Mckenzie Trahan, 22, stares off as her boyfriend Eddie, 26, rests his hand on her stomach near their tent in Hollywood. (Published on July 13, 2022.)

Mckenzie Trahan, 22, and her boyfriend Eddie, 26, sit under a tarp in a Hollywood alley. (Published on July 13, 2022.)

Eddie, 26, panhandles at a freeway offramp in Hollywood hoping to make money to take out his pregnant girlfriend Mckenzie Trahan on her 23rd birthday. (Published on July 13, 2022.)

Tears run down Mckenzie Trahan's face in Hollywood as the 22-year-old talks about the trauma she has experienced in her life. Mckenzie ran away at age 11, started using drugs, and was in and out of juvenile hall and foster care placements. She landed on the streets of Hollywood at 13. As an adult, she racked up three felony convictions for possession of meth for sale and receiving stolen property. (Published on July 13, 2022.)

Mckenzie Trahan, 23, looks back toward her boyfriend Eddie, 27, while listening to their baby's heartbeat at White Memorial Gynecological and Obstetrical Medical Group in Los Angeles. Eddie looked down at the ground, eyes closed and head in hand. (Published on July 13, 2022.)

Mckenzie Trahan, 23, holds her newborn daughter Ann at Adventist Health White Memorial in Boyle Heights. (Published on July 13, 2022.)

Mckenzie Trahan, 23, keeps an eye on her newborn daughter Ann at Adventist Health White Memorial in Boyle Heights. (Published on July 13, 2022.)

Mckenzie Trahan, 23, carries baby Ann in her stroller up the stairs to their apartment. (Published on July 13, 2022.)

 Mckenzie Trahan, 23, tenderly bathes her daughter Ann at home in Arlington Heights. (Published on July 13, 2022.)

Mckenzie Trahan, 23, gets dressed for a job interview at her apartment in Arlington Heights. A local organization helped provide her with professional attire. (Published on July 13, 2022.)

Mckenzie Trahan, 23, sings to her daughter Ann at home in Arlington Heights. (Published on July 13, 2022.)

Mckenzie Trahan collects her thoughts while a friend plays with Ann, right. A confidential call came in to the child protection hotline alleging that Mckenzie was neglecting her child. Trahan met with a social worker who investigated the allegations. (Published on July 13, 2022.)

Mckenzie Trahan weeps outside of a courtroom in Bellflower, Calif. Trahan was being charged with possession of a gun and drugs after being pulled over in a car with a friend. She pleaded no contest to driving without a license and misdemeanor meth possession, although she said she was unaware the contraband was in her friend’s car. The gun possession charge was later dismissed. She was placed on probation. (Published on July 13, 2022.)

Soon after Ann was taken, Mckenzie Trahan found herself living back on the street. A visitor peers into Trahan's tent near a Hollywood freeway offramp where Trahan had been living. Trahan's relationship with Ann’s father ended a short while after the baby was born. (Published on July 13, 2022.)

After several months of living back in a tent, Mckenzie Trahan, 23, receives an apartment through a housing program in Los Angeles. Trahan lays on the floor in gratitude. (Published on July 13, 2022.)