impact magazine january issue
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In this interview IMPACT interviews Dr. Steve Perry1 We introduce you to the new jewel droppers, Mecca Muhammad and Glorious Asiatic!TRANSCRIPT
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D r . S t e v e
Perry’s heart
pumps pas-
sion and produces posi-
tive change. Featured in
CNN's Black in Amer-
ica series, Dr. Perry is
the most talked about
innovative educator on
the scene today. Perry
is the founder and prin-
cipal of what U.S. News
and World Report has
cited as one of the top
schools in the country,
Capital Preparatory
Magnet School in Hart-
ford, Connecticut .
Capital Prep has sent
100% of its predomi-
nantly low-income,
minority, first genera-
tion high school gradu-
ates to four-year col-
leges every year since
its first class graduated
in 2006. books…all be-
fore he turned 26.
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Born and raised in Trenton NJ. I am a graduate of Tren-
ton Central High School and Mercer County Community
College. I started writing as a child as a form of therapy.
Today I share my writings as an inspiration to others.
Growing up in a family faced with poverty, drug addic-
tion and abuse as well as becoming a mother at the age
16, the determination to succeed left me with a challenge
to seek out the barriers that kept me bound. What hap-
pens when you can see your future through the glass
walls that conceal your truth but have no idea how to
break through? Sometimes moving forward requires
going back.
"We have no control of the hand that we are born with,
the environment we are born into or the issues that come
along with it. Reality can be harsh and the determination to
succeed can be overwhelming when you are trying to over-
come the odds. Childhood issues spill over into our adulthood
and we are faced with the challenge to figure it all
out." (excerpt from Beyond These Glass Walls)
"Beyond These Glass Walls" is an inspirational memoir about
struggles, faith, overcoming the odds and self discovery ex-
pressed through poetry: written to Empower, Encourage and
Uplift.
Malene Tiombe
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