In a crowded migrant camp in Tijuana, Mexico, a three-year-old girl wandered 1 . toward the exit. She was steps from a busy road. Estefania Rebellon was the only person who 2 her. The writer had just driven from Los Angeles with a group of friends to drop off food and clothing to a(n) 3 organization .
It was December 2018, a time when the US-Mexico border was seeing migrants from Central America 4 violence and poverty. Rebellon rushed over to the child and took her 5 .
"Where are your parents?" she asked anxiously. Eventually, she and her friends found the girl's 6 father, who had stepped away to 7 for food.
Back at home, Rebellon gathered a group of volunteer 8 via social media, and using a thousand dollars from her 9 , set up a school at the Tijuana border. In five years, the pilot program has grown into the non-profit Yes We Can World Foundation, which has 10 three tents into classrooms and established two schools.
11 by donations, the foundation's teachers have provided a bilingual education to more than 3,000 kids. The schools 12 an official curriculum from Mexico's education ministry. They also offer 13 courses, which help kids understand more about migration.
Rebellon has received numerous 14 for her work, including Outstanding American By Choice. As more than 6.6 million people still live in refugee camps around the world, she says she'd like to 15 the foundation's influence and support migrant children globally.