Michaela DePrince

“We're all here for a reason. We have to finish what we were meant to do, even if it is something little."

Michaela DePrince

18, American ballet dancer, born Mabinty Bangura in Sierra Leone

Samatha Garvey

"I was homeless…and because of the kindness of all these strangers…I have a house! I couldn't have gotten here without education--you make the best of it because it's the end to so many things.”

Samantha Garvey

Intel Science Talent Search semifinalist