On November 18 Diamond and four other extraordinary D．C.­area high school seniors will be honored with the Children’s Defense Fund’s Beat the Odds award and a scholarship for college, given each year to students who have overcome great odds stacked against them to give back to their communities. Diamond’s phenomenal high school counselor Nigel Jackson describes Diamond and children like her this way：

　　“Theres been breakdown in the family, poverty and homelessness. So all of what we call risk factors, you can apply to every facet of Diamond?s experience ... children who grow up in a community that is under­resourced, where all of the public schools are underperforming, where there?s crime, violence, where people experience trauma, where there?s loss, they are essentially being prepared to fail, and at worst, they?ve been prepared to die. Our students treat death like it?s a common occurrence. They haven?t been taught that they?re allowed to grieve. They?ve been taught that they have to tolerate trauma. And when you consider all those circumstances, she has beaten the odds because she has a warrior spirit. She is humble and she?s focused, and she has a goal. She?s not just alive but she?s thriving. She doesn?t see herself as small, or a victim, or minor. She sees herself as a diamond.”

　　I am so proud of Diamond, the other four young women the Children?s Defense Fund will honor, and the millions of other children like them who are forced to endure circumstances many adults could not imagine. Please consider joining us or supporting other Children?s Defense Fund Beat the Odds programs across the country or honoring a parent, grandparent, teacher, or mentor by providing a college scholarship in their honor. So many children need help escaping the poverty and violence and homelessness and unequal schools that are setting them up to fail. They have never been taught that they, too, are diamonds.

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