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The time truly i was born she was always sort of i was tagging along to her directing school plays. my first performance ever i was 3 years old and she put me in one of the high school plays and i was a munch kin in the wizard of oz. and it was so thrilling to me, i was in the chorus, i had no talent to speak of but it was thrilling. i just dont think that everybody bounds out of bed for an algebra test. i think that thats what keeps kids in school, and iefz always felt that and believe that. so...

>> my mother told me when she was younger, she was allnot alld to do anything. the reason she allowed me to do dream yard and other thing is i can express myself. i can become the person that i want to be. >> my mom was in her early 20s when she first came to the united states. we made the best out of her sacrifice, we are going to become professional one day. we are going to do great things and i think thats something that she will be proud of. >> wow, congrats to those kids and their great fut...

Cnn is wrapping up its weeks long series of champions for champs. >> we want to share the causes that are closest to our heart. we have a special look of a nonprofit called "dream yard." >> a lot of people think kids in the bronx are dangerous that a lot of us are going to end up in jail and a lot of us are criminals and it is not at all true. i want to prove to them that they are wrong. i grew up in the bronx and i want to go to college. i truly diskocover who i am and all the pressure that i h...

Photography and no fine arts and paintings and nothing. >> of course, the question that i wonder is what if a child does not have a way to discover their passion. what if the hidden talent is never tapped. >> this is my moldy-oldy photo album. >> i was always around school plays. my first role i was a munchkin in the wizard of oz. even being a bird in the background, i loved it. those were the highlights of my school experience. this is "dream yard," a nonprofit that brings music and dance and t...

More than two decades ago, two 20 something year old guys, they had a dream. they believe school programs will keep them in school and help them get better grades and maybe go to college. >> we wrote a play called dream yards. it is a about a place where kids can go to. thats all it is from the beginning is for us creating art from young people. it changed their connection to learning education. >> i am a spontaneous photograph photographer. i dont want to stop and have someone say cheese. if i ...

Than just go to the annual fundraisers, maybe we could do a little bit more than that for the kids. >> my husband and i have chosen to support dream yards by creating a four year scholarship. we are honored and excited to present the first two charles pete lloyd dream yards. we would like to invite up sonja and leanne. >> i am apart of dream yard for four years now. it has changed me. sadly -- due to economic restrictions, i found myself unable to cover the gap that colleges were asking for and ...

Theater, poetry and fine arts into public schools in the bronx, new york, the poorest congressional district in the country. more than two decades ago two 20-something-year-old guys tim lord and jason dutchon had a dream, believed arts programs could keep kids in school, keep them from dropping out, get better grades and maybe go to college. >> we wrote a play called "dreamyard" a place kids could go to and parents had forgotten how to get there. it was us creating art with young people. what wa...

Was removed from the public education system. >> meaning no music? mo dance, no theater, no photography, no fine arts, no painting, nothing. >> nothing. >> reporter: and the question ive often wondered is what if a child doesnt have a way to discover her passion? what if that hidle talent is never tapped? this is my moldy oldie photo album. my mother was a drama teacher so i was always around school plays. my first role i was a munchkin in "the wizard of oz." i couldnt really act or sing, so i n...

Instrumentals you heard was music created by dreamyard students, teenagers frankie perez jr., emmanuel cuevas and iannis and thanks to my producer on this piece, matt rainard. >> people think about the arts, visual and performing arts as extracurriculars. it is sometimes the main avenue toward growth. its so important. >> totally. theyre the first things cut when theres budget cuts and they are the highlights of my school experience. >> im going to demand to see tapes of your performances. >> im...

>> thanks to dreamyard, sony keith and leighanne torres blossomed as art is but worried what would come next. >> i feel like ive always known that college was my next step. when i started getting accepted into colleges, i couldnt pay for them. there was a lot of money out-of-pocket i couldnt afford and my mom couldnt dream of affording. >>. i relied growing up able to go to a school where there was a lot of arts and theater, and music through a scholarship, and im so grateful that i got to have ...