A first of its kind reunion took place when 2021 and 2022 Top 10 CNN Heroes gathered recently in Miami to receive nonprofit training and work together in a day of service, all while being celebrated at the Make Good Famous Summit hosted by the Elevate Prize Foundation.
family we called his dyslexia and blessing because through the remediation in his school he s not only become an incredible student but it s made all of his other skills that much stronger. there is no one size fits all to learning. so many of us need extra guidance or different tools to learn. david fink was one of those students. he acted out. he got kicked out of five schools. when he and his desk were banished to an empty hallway a john tore took notice. he played chess with david and that simple human connection made all the difference. after david received the proper diagnosis he thrived and went to an ivy league university where he co-founded eye to eye a mentoring program that connects high school and college student who also have learning differences with middle school students. there are 150 chapters in schools in 23 states lifting thousands of kids up and through