Homeless to Harvard: Teen talks "surreal" journey

CBS News

Duration: 04:08 1 day ago

Athena Capo-Battaglia and her mother went into the shelter system after her mother was diagnosed with cancer. But the pair never gave up on Athena’s education – and after she graduated with a perfect GPA, she was accepted to Harvard University. She just finished her first year, and is studying to become a neuroscientist. Michelle Miller reports on the teen’s “surreal” journey from homelessness to Harvard.

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I have a great joke about blacks and intelligence, but I do not want to mess up this great story about this very bright young lady. They were burned out of their home in Paradise, California.

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