Dawn Loggins didn't have a typical senior year. Back in 2012, Loggins was waking up early to get to school to put in a before-school 1 as a janitor（清洁工）.
Before the rest of her peers 2 school, Loggins was cleaning bathrooms, scrubbing floors, and 3 down the very desks she would 4 later in the day as a student. After 7 hours at school, Loggins didn't get to 5 home to enjoy an after-school snack or downtime either.6 , she clocked back in for another two-hour time on janitorial duty.
"I don't mind cleaning, " Loggins said. "If you have to walk through trash to get to your desk, you're not going to have an environment that 7 learning."
While the teen was clearly hardworking, it wasn't immediately obvious to school officials how badly Loggins 8 the financial support her job provided, until she asked her boss for 9 one day. The reason? Without electricity at home.
Even more shocking, while Loggins was at summer school, she 10 calling home, only to find out the phones had been 11 and her parents had moved away-without her. And she became 12 . When the school realized the extent of the neglect Loggins had been living with, they surrounded her with 13 . The community took her in, providing her with housing and food and clothing and helping her to apply for college.
And the efforts 14 : Loggins was accepted into Harvard University. Today she works as a motivational speaker, speaking to 15 that include education, homelessness, and women and youth empowerment.
