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About UsThe Children's Defense Fund is a non-profit advocacy organization that has worked relentlessly for 35 years to ensure a level playing field for all children. We work with individuals, communities and policy makers to enact, fund and implement public policy and promote successful programs that lift children out of poverty, protect them from abuse and neglect, ensure access to health care and quality education, and provide a moral and spiritual foundation to help them succeed with the support of caring adults and communities. Begun in 1973, the Children's Defense Fund is supported by foundation and corporate grants and individual donations and does not take government funds. Learn more about the Children's Defense Fund at our main website. |
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Feature StorySusan Castillo
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CDF Beat the Odds® scholarship recipient Susan Castillo has survived many obstacles including poor health, poverty, and an abusive and drug addicted father. In addition her younger brother was recently diagnosed Autistic. As a child she spent time in and out of the hospital for severe anemia and asthma and has had to work extra hard to maintain her grades and community involvement. She will be the first in her family to attend college and hopes to make life better for her family and those around her. She dreams of studying neuroscience and hopes to one day find a cure for Autism. 
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