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<p>When Sr. Mary Sean Hodges was 60, she took a year off from her teaching career for a sabbatical. She had been teaching in Dominican schools in California for 39 years and thought that she'd like to do something else that would sustain her for the next few decades.</p> <p>"I didn't see teaching till I was 80," she said.</p>
LA nun Sister Mary Sean Hodges has helped more than 10,000 parolees adjust to life after incarceration. Their recidivism rate has been under 1% since 2002.