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Graduation Helped Overcome Long Odds

June 10, 2016

Nadia’s story is one of overcoming the challenges of her young life. With her father in prison and her mother suffering from substance abuse, Nadia and her brother ended up in foster care.

After her father’s release, Nadia wanted to be reunited with him and her brother. She dropped out of school and went to work to help support her family. But she had goals and wanted an education. That’s when she started at Dallas Can Academy and it made an immediate difference in her life.