{"id":2624,"date":"2018-08-01T08:38:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T08:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.focusingphilanthropy.org\/?page_id=2624"},"modified":"2018-10-17T00:17:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T00:17:03","slug":"miguels-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.focusingphilanthropy.org\/miguels-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Miguel&#8217;s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;3&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;5&#8243; back_image=&#8221;2629&#8243; back_repeat=&#8221;inherit&#8221; back_attachment=&#8221;inherit&#8221; back_position=&#8221;center bottom&#8221; parallax=&#8221;yes&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1533112404282{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; column_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_color=&#8221;color-xsdn&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;94&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1516879122733{padding-top: 36px !important;padding-right: 36px !important;padding-bottom: 36px !important;padding-left: 36px !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading separator=&#8221;yes&#8221;]Miguel&#8217;s Story[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]Miguel, a 3rd grader, was reading a year behind grade level, lacked the confidence to speak up in the classroom, and was not completing his homework assignments. 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