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Illiterate, lived in a shack, but still found success.

Eddie

I was illiterate. I couldn’t read until the seventh grade. I had a speech impediment. I was mocked through school. I wore hand-me-down clothes. But in the seventh grade .....

First child at 13, then prison, then a city leader.

Demetrus

That little spark started from there and then I said; “I’m just going to run for office.”

From homeless immigrant to MBA graduate and homeowner.

Manuel

"I was supposed to just maybe potentially get a G.E.D., possibly graduate High School."