Editor's note: The following is a profile submitted by Quincy Community Action Programs for The Patriot Ledger's Lend a Hand campaign ... on a mattress on the floor, and she dreams of being ...

Lend a Hand helps fund resources at the South Shore ... Nico, who lives in Quincy, found her grandmother dead on the floor when she was 4. And she was raised in an abusive family.

While wrapping up her set after singing “Texas Hold ‘Em,” the singer was lifted above the field on a platform and made the finger-gun gesture with her left hand. At the same time ...