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Forgiveness and love are the biggest lessons I can teach my son. Jessica Martinez said her life has been forever changed by people, like her father, who sacrificed with the hope of seeing her succeed.

Her work to get adoctoral degree became the biggest obstacle she had to overcome. Yadira Aluiso wrote about how proud she is of her three children who have made honors and will go to college. Her oldest son is applying to universities and wants to study medicine. Those little hands that once played with a toy train will now be replaced with a man holding a high school diploma.

Latilla Cain said her history was rooted in the beginning of the civil rights movement in the United States. Her father was the son of a sharecropper who lived in Selma, Ala. He said he picked cotton when he was 3.

Her mother, because she was black, was not allowed to go on stage to pick up an award for math she won in the third grade. As a program director at a nonprofit, she talks about developing programs that support mentoring relationships. She will never be forced to sit down. Instead, she will be celebrated every step of the way. Much has changed for Gruwell and her former students in the last 20 years. Gruwell said all of the Freedom Writers graduated from high school and most went either to a city college or university.

More than half graduated with college degrees. Jump to: Summaries 3 Synopsis 1. The synopsis below may give away important plot points. Getting Started Contributor Zone ». Edit page. Top Gap. See more gaps ». Create a list ». Danny DeVito. See all related lists ». The foundation also gives scholarships to high school students to go to college. Cohn now is executive director for the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence.

And her outreach is tremendous. She is a home grown Long Beach product now on a national stage also and, to some degree, international. Jacobs talked about growing up with domestic violence as she moved with her mother from Louisiana to California, eventually winding up homeless.

She said she was a shy and reclusive teen until she met Gruwell. Erin created a place where I could feel safe. She taught us that dreams can come true if we work hard and have a plan. She taught us how to mentor other kids. Gruwell works out of her offices at an historic home she rents on Ocean Boulevard.