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Fearless: Maihan Wali, Christina L. Bassler Feb 2015

Fearless: Maihan Wali, Christina L. Bassler

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Maihan Wali describes herself as “one of those kids that always wanted to help.”

So when she noticed that many of her peers in her class struggled with reading and writing, she started a peer to peer literacy program with the help of her sister and a few friends. She was only 8 years old. [excerpt]