Her mom died when she was 13, probably from drugs that damaged her heart.
Miller had taken care of her siblings while her parents smoked meth. Then for about six years, she was placed in foster care and the siblings were split up.
“The experience was traumatizing,” Miller said. “I got to the point I didn’t care anymore.”
But today Miller is a 17-year-old senior at Bozeman High School, taking biomedical classes to pursue her dreams of going to college and becoming a heart surgeon — with support f