Grit and Hope: A Year with Five Latino Students and the Program That Helped Them Aim for College

Grit and Hope tells the story of five inner—city Hispanic students who start their college applications in the midst of the country’s worst recession and of Reality Changers, the program that aims to help them become the first in their families to go college. This year they must keep up their grades in AP courses, write compelling essays for their applications, and find scholarships to fund their dreams. One lives in a garage and struggles to get enough to eat. Two are academic standouts, b...