In an extraordinary story, a volunteer cop from Queens went from life as a homeless person to making it to Harvard University, she is an inspiration for others.
Athena Capo-Battaglia, 18, always wanted to have higher education as she was convinced it would change her life.
The auxiliary NYPD officer said, “I felt I had to get into college because this is not where I want to stay,” she applied to colleges while living in a shelter. “I was like, ‘OK, this is one way that I can get out and maybe in the future get a good job.
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