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Formerly homeless Philly teen heading for Harvard

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This is a great story of a once homeless, black teen from a single parent family that overcame adversity and has a full ride scholarship to Harvard.

"A once-homeless Philadelphia teen, nicknamed "Harvard" by bullies for being a bookworm, is now heading to Harvard on a full scholarship.

"I wanted to work to make things happen," Richard Jenkins said. The 18-year-old reflected on his life with his mother and two younger brothers.

He was homeless for years, living in shelters in Tennessee and Florida before landing in a Germantown shelter back in Philadelphia, where he was born.

He will graduate from Philadelphia's Girard College next month as the class valedictorian, enrolling at the Ivy League's Harvard University for the fall on a full scholarship. He decided to focus on academics while concealing the fact he was living in a homeless shelter."

From: http://abc7.com/3521028/
 
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