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Jun 26, 2009

"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity." --Louis Pasteur

From Homeless to Harvard

"Khadijah Williams stepped into chemistry class and instantly tuned out the commotion. She walked past students laughing, gossiping, napping and combing one another's hair. Quietly, the 18-year-old settled into an empty table, flipped open her physics book and focused. Nothing mattered now except homework. "No wonder you're going to Harvard," a girl teased her. Around here, Khadijah is known as "Harvard girl," the "smart girl" and the girl with the contagious smile who landed at Jefferson High School only 18 months ago. What students don't know is that she is also a homeless girl." This article shares more of Khadijah's remarkable story and of admission into one of the most prestigious universities in the world.