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At Beating the Odds Summit, Proof That Dreams Come True

At Beating the Odds Summit, Proof That Dreams Come True

by Xuanyan Ouyang & Jenny Lee | Jul 22, 2016 | Education, Topics

WASHINGTON – Born into a family that migrated from the Dominican Republic 30 years ago, Edward Lirianl was raised in a Bronx, New York, neighborhood where crime, poverty and poor education often discouraged dreams and aspirations of young people. Despite the...

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