Syretta Avent and her daughter Noa Avent, 14, are using the Passport Journeys app that helps mothers and daughters have better relationships. The app was founded by Lacey Tezino, a Rice University program manager who turned to therapy to help her heal after her mother's death.

Syretta Avent and her daughter Noa Avent, 14..

Syretta Avent and her daughter Noa Avent, 14

Syretta Avent and her daughter Noa Avent, 14

Syretta Avent and her daughter Noa Avent hold hands.

Syretta Avent and her daughter Noa Avent

Syretta Avent and her daughter Noa Avent

Syretta Avent and her daughter Noa Avent, 14

By the time she was 22, Syretta Avent was married and craving motherhood.

She wanted things to be different than they were for her mother, a single parent with limited resources. She didn’t want to worry about finances or being so tired she couldn’t enjoy fun things with her kids like sporting events and traveling.

Therapy was never part of her plan, but she began considering it when her daughter, Noa, became a teenager.

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“There were so many things I wanted to make right as a mother; things my mother couldn’t do because she was a single parent,” Avent said. “I wanted to understand Noa better. I can be wrong as a mom, and I want to get it right.”

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