Legislators, I am literally pleading with you. The children in my community need you to invest in kids and save the Tax Credit Scholarship Program. Our remaining time is short and your support for these kids is vitally important.

The story that I have etched on my heart is not unique to me or to the Southeast Side of Chicago. I share it with many. My father suffered with substance abuse and in 5th grade he lost his job. I was old enough to see the strain it was putting on my mother as she battled with how to provide for her three daughters.