1. Give a timeline of the major events in Nicolas Zavala's life.
- 1991, Nicolas Zavala is born.
- In 1997, Cindy Molina, Nicolas's mother, was raising her four children;
Francisco, 11, Santiago, 9, Nicole, 8, and Nicolas, 6.
- January, 1998, Nicolas, age 7, enters the Illinois Department of Children and
Family Services (DCFS) after a judge orders all four children into protective custody and placed into separate foster homes.
- In 1999, Nicolas rebels and says that he doe not want to return to his foster
family.
- Nicolas is moved to a second foster family in Braidwood, IL, then shifted once again to a third couple in Coal City, IL. He runs away four days after placement.
- Nicolas is placed with Annabelle and John Jones in Joliet, IL. At this point Nicolas states that he does not want to be adopted and still wants to be returned to his mother.
- In 2001, Nicolas still living at the Joneses home, seems to be settling into......
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