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"I have always believed that the world can be helped or changed one person at a time. When I decided to volunteer with The Turner 12, I just assumed I would be helping students. Never did I dream that I would be the one that was changed and inspired. They are an amazing group of young men and women and I am honored to be working with them."

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Dallas ISD

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Tags: Dallas ISD, Dallas News, DISD, ivory alexis, john carter, Lincoln High School, Pearl C Anderson Middle School, south dallas, Tod Robberson, turner 12, turner courts, University of Texas at Austin, UT Arlington, veronica jacquez
February 27, 20144 years ago

Tod Robberson: Building a cradle-to-success pipeline for South Dallas

A relentless vortex of failure steadily yanked at everyone close to Veronica Jacquez, sucking their life dreams away.

As she grew up across the street from the Turner Courts public housing project in South Dallas, Veronica’s father drank heavily and split from her mother. Gang members sprayed her house with...

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