From Poverty to Harvard | How Dreams Really do Come True

by: Ashley Stewart

Today is the day that Dawn Loggins will graduate from a small high school in Lawndale, North Carolina.  Soon after summer’s end, her journey as a freshman at Harvard will take place.  This story captured my attention because it shows the roughness, abuse and poverty that someone can endure, and then somehow, build the strength to keep fighting forward.

Throughout history, we have all heard the stories of those great people that overcame adversity, made a change, and survived their troubles; that is what keeps people motivated and inspired. If you haven’t read the well-written CNN article (http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/07/us/from-janitor-to-harvard/index.html?hpt=hp_c2), I suggest you do.  Not only does it bring you back to reality of the overwhelming poverty epidemic that rests in our nation’s hands, it forecasts how one’s struggle, can in turn, prove to be one’s success.

Not only should we applaud this teenage girl for chasing her dreams, we should also take a look at ourselves and evaluate how much further we wish to go in our own success – and how to make our life journey meaningful.  This shows that you should never give up and all though it is cliché, it seems to be the perfect fitting for such a moving and motivating story.  Let us all try to achieve above our standards and help people along the way to create a positive change in the world :)