Mott Hall Bridges Academy principal Nadia Lopez was broken and on the verge of giving up until she saw the words of 13-year-old Vidal Chastanet.
Last month, the student told Humans of New York photographer Brandon Stanton that Lopez is the person who most influences him. When Stanton shared Chastanet’s photo and comments on Facebook, the post got 1 million likes and led to an Indiegogo fundraiser for the students of Mott Hall Bridges, a school located near the Brownsville projects in Brooklyn, New York. The fundraiser has since collected more than $1.2 million that will go toward trips to the Harvard University campus, summer programs and scholarships.
On Tuesday, Stanton, Chastanet and Lopez sat down with Ellen DeGeneres to share their story.
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