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https://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me ... ory?page=1
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Thanks for sharing this inspirational story, she is definitely an outlier.
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Great story - I hope she manages the transition well and finds success at Harvard and beyond!
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Really inspirational story,

thanks for sharing!
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Wow! Very impressive.
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That's really impressive. To be that young with such clear direction and passion is truly remarkable... and she was homeless? I feel like a loser now.

+1 for her :)
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Impressing...thanks for the link.
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this is great, kinda like the movie 'the pursuit of happyness'. People's dream can come true if they work hard enough.