Five years ago, she was a homeless high school valedictorian. Saturday, she got a degree from Georgetown.“I want people to look at me and say, ‘She did it, I can do it.’ ”
Her dream came true.’ ”Melson’s graduation is all the more remarkable when you consider the odds against her. Even graduating from high school was far from a given. When Melson finished at Anacostia High, the graduation rate at the school was just 58 percent, according D.C. Public Schools. One of the few steadying forces in her life was her high school boyfriend, and they began spending more time together. Given the tumultuous life Melson had known, the promise of love and the possibility of a happy family life were impossible to turn down.
Source: Washington Post May 18, 2019 21:22 UTC
