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Samantha Beebout

Samantha Beebout is a senior at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. She is originally from Des Moines, Iowa where she spent two summers working with two community organizations, Children and Family Urban Ministries and the Child and Family Policy Center.

At school she is a teacher's aide at a high school in Philadelphia and co-organizes a K-8 community tutoring program. She plans to work in education or community outreach before attending graduate school.

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The Children's Defense Fund Leave No Child Behind^® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. CDF provides a strong, effective and independent voice for all the children of America who cannot vote, lobby or speak for themselves. We pay particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities. CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investments before they get sick, drop out of school, get into trouble or suffer family breakdown. Read more...

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