The Power of Scholarship

from Freedom Writers Podcast · host Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers

What does it take to become the first person in your family to go to college? In this special episode of the Freedom Writers Podcast, scholarship recipients from across the Freedom Writers community share their journeys through higher education. From overcoming financial and personal obstacles to finding mentors who believed in them, their stories reveal the courage, persistence, and hope required to pursue a dream that can transform generations. Stick around through the end of the episode to hear from the incredible Liz Murray. Her full interview, excerpted here, can be found in Episode 38 of the Freedom Writers Podcast.

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