Excerpt from Turning on the Lights: Part II.5 Purpose for the Learning – Freedom! Yet another MESA success story is Beto

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Excerpt from Turning on the Lights: Part II.5 Purpose for the Learning – Freedom! “When others see challenges, I see opportunities

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Excerpt from Turning on the Lights: Part II.4.d Goal Focus Set a goal, and focus on it! MESA Creator Joel knows

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Excerpt from Turning on the Lights: Part II.4.c Mental Toughness Mental toughness is everything! Another example of mental toughness is seen

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Excerpt from Turning on the Lights: Part II.4.b Emotional Intelligence Leadership requires emotional intelligence! MESA Creator Barbara was a Latina first-generation

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Excerpt from Turning on the Lights: Part II.4.a Self-advocacy (= fight for yourself!) “Self-advocacy is the opposite of shy!” – MESA

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Excerpt from Turning on the Lights: Part II.3. Secret to success – African Village Story Do you know the “secret to

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Excerpt from Turning on the Lights: Part II.2 Commitment: Creator vs. Self-saboteur Figure 6. Creators vs. Self-saboteurs Who are you? See

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Excerpt from Turning on the Lights: Part II.1 Potential All students have many strengths and great potential! My niece Bianca began

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Excerpt from Turning on the Lights: Part I.1 The Corner Man The Corner Man says, “There is no crying in MESA,

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