Meet Julia Mensohn (age 9)

Julia Mensohn, a bright and hopeful nine-year-old, carried a smile that seemed to light up her family’s world. However, her journey through Kindergarten was far from ordinary. Due to her parents’ struggle to afford consistent schooling, she started school late, and the harsh realities of life disrupted her education. Weekly, she helped her mother sell alcohol to scrape together enough for their next meal, a bittersweet responsibility that stole precious time from her education.

She is still battling to finish Kindergarten, but her resilience and determination were a quiet testament to her hope, even as her path remained unclear with hardship.