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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 don't think that everybody bounds out of bed for an algebra test. i think that that's what keeps kids in school, and iefz always felt that and believe that. so programs like dream yard just try to make that happen. >> did you a good thing. >> thanks. >> you...

>> 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 that's something that she will be proud of. >> wow, congrats to those kids and their great futures ahead. you can catch this story and all of our champions for change on our cnn special tonight...

Cnn is wrapping up its week's 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 have. >> you are in the bronx. we moved from the public education system. >> meaning no music and no...

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 theater and poetry and fine arts into public schools in the bronx new york. the poorest congressional...

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. that's 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 don't want to stop and have someone say cheese. if i like it, i will take a picture. >> i love to paint. paint is a type of thing where if you make a m...