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Nationwide— Jeremiah Armstead, a 19-year-old teen from Los Angeles who was homeless while in high school, has been accepted at Fisk University, an HBCU in Nashville, Tennessee, and will play basketball for its team. “Any type of adversity that I went through, for the most part, it motivated me and pushed me,” Armstead said he Read More…
How being labeled “gifted” can rearrange your life — for better and for worse. Michelle Kwon for Vox Constance Grady is a senior correspondent on the Culture team for Vox, where since 2016 she has covered books, publishing, gender, celebrity analysis, and theater. About 10 years ago, a label started showing up in social media Read More…
This story is part of CNBC Make It’s Six-Figure Side Hustle series, where people with lucrative side hustles break down the routines and habits they’ve used to make money on top of their full-time jobs. Got a story to tell? Let us know! Email us at AskMakeIt@cnbc.com. When Leena Pettigrew tells friends she earns over Read More…
Jimalita Tillman knew her daughter Dorothy Jean was gifted at a very young age. Home-schooled from age 7, Dorothy Jean took high school-level courses a year later and earned her first college diploma, an associate’s degree, at age 10. She added a bachelor’s degree at age 12 and an environmental science master’s degree two years later, both Read More…
Bella Calleja Group Dance Winner Quadratic Four, featuring Tylah Dorsonne, 14, Shannon Millan, 13, Ariannah Wright, 15, and Azariah Wright, 13. All are students at Arthur & Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts. (MarkaJames Photographer Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, in partnership with The Children’s Trust, recently announced the winners of this year’s 2024 Read More…
Stepping into a ‘successful future’: How this Staten Island student earned prestigious Gates Scholarship Yaden Scharf, who lives in St. George, was recently named a Gates Scholar. The student, who is currently home-schooled, will be attending New York University in the fall. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)Jan Somma-Hammel By Annalise Knudson | aknudson@siadvance.coM STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Read More…
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