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Dorothy Ashman

Today as I reminisce, I still cannot understand how my parents made us feel like we were not poor.

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Angela Rodriguez

Socrates once said "the secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new."

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Listra Simmons

My father killed me and tossed me out into the streets, as something filthy and abandoned, to face the brutality of homelessness.

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Bridgette Stepule

"You have to go to college, Bridgette, I don’t want you to end up like me."

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Austin Neil

I will always give my all in everything that I do because in the end hard work always finds its way to reward you.

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Sueyeon Uhm

In my country, Korea, it is very unusual to go to college at a later age.

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Geeta Khade

Each time I visited my father, he lovingly would stress about the need to have purpose in life. During such visits, I remember him telling me about Buddha who said, “Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, we cannot live without a spiritual life.”

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Deana Johnson

“Relax. Stay positive. Don’t be so hard on yourself. You are living and learning. Forgive yourself and grow from the experience.”

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Daysia Vargas

I’ve always disliked school very deeply. I’ve always thought it was honestly never for me. After I graduated in 2018, I was so happy that it was done and over with.

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