did you know marie was about to. go out *. was. this is the real vanessa she was rescued by grace. a hutu who was 13 years old at the time grace put her life at risk for saving the life of a tootsie. grace and vanessa still live together today along with grace's biological children in the us. after the genocide life was hard for me because there were still tensions between the ethnic groups and. we tried to get along with each other but it wasn't easy. people used to call me insulting names all the time i'm on the daily with who are influenced. one of those names was cockroach