So what's stopping you?

David Boone overcame homelessness and gang violence for a full scholarship to Harvard.

Courtesy of Minds Matter of Cleveland

Class of 2016
Boone overcame difficult obstacles — including homelessness and gang violence — to get to Harvard.
The freshman from Cleveland said that gang members burned down his home when he refused to join them. While homeless, Boone devoted himself to his studies and to productive extracurricular activities, which earned him a spot in Harvard.
Boone is attending Harvard on a full Gates Millennial Scholarship.
This semester Boone is taking courses in Mandarin Chinese, expository writing, computer science, history and calculus. He said that he sometimes spends up to 40 hours a week on work for his computer science class alone.
Boone has applied for summer jobs at Google, Microsoft and the Eaton Corp, and before he graduates wants to study abroad in Shanghai or Beijing to learn about Chinese culture and economy.