Ann Higdon: helps dropouts earn diplomas while training for jobs

Ann Higdon was first homeless at age 4, foreshadowing a rough childhood. A poor student, she thought school was boring. She was afraid of being bullied and got in trouble for fighting back. "Yet I made a better life for myself because one teacher had confidence in me," Higdon remembers. "She wrote, in big letters, across an essay that I had written for her class, 'You are profound and eloquent!' Actually, I was a D student in high school with a big mouth and a bad attitude."

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