some stories leave a mark on the people who hear them. but also on the people who tell them. some stories we tell here on this show end up leaving a mark on us. as individuals and us as a show. and a few years ago we got one of those. we brought you the story of katherine ferguson academy. one of a kind public school that specifically served pregnant girls and young mothers with young kids in detroit, michigan. the school specializes in sending girls to college after they graduate and in teaching them farming of all things while they re still in high school in the middle of detroit. katherine ferguson has a farm on site in inner city detroit. and they, with that land and those animals, and that educational mission for the girls, they have been an oasis inside that city for generations of young women. an oasis where the young women could do well and a place that really expected them to do well. high standard. also the help to make it happen.
as individuals and us as a show. and a few years ago we got one of those. we brought you the story of katherine ferguson academy. one of a kind public school that specifically served pregnant girls and young mothers with young kids in detroit, michigan. the school specializes in sending girls to college after they graduate and in teaching them farming of all things while they re still in high school in the middle of detroit. katherine ferguson has a farm on site in inner city detroit. and they, with that land and those animals, and that educational mission for the girls, they have been an oasis inside that city for generations of young women. an oasis where the young women could do well and a place that really expected them to do well. high standard. also the help to make it happen. i want everybody to have the same opportunity that i had. i got out of here. i want you to graduate the same way i did. i have two kids. you can make it with one, two, however many you got.