When she was a girl, her father discovered that their pastor was dipping into church funds and reported it to the congregation. Sarah and her siblings would sit at parties and neighborhood events and nobody would talk to them. When she was in high school one of her classmates, Ryan, failed his freshman year because his home life was crumbling. Six teachers rallied around him, serving as extended family members. She was lonely, and she saw kids throughout the Baltimore schools who were lonely and isolated, too.

Source: New York Times July 26, 2018 23:03 UTC