October 16, 2025
								 
								
								
								Jonni Murphy lights up the Seeds classroom. “Everybody likes seeing me when I come in,” they say. “I’ve made a couple of friends here—namely Denise, one of the Student Ambassadors. On my first day, she mistook me for a tutor, and now she gives me a big hug every time …
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								July 18, 2025
								 
								
								
								Haunted by a Childhood Memory At nearly 59 years old, Melissa Hill-Nance still hears the voice of her third-grade teacher—negativity haunting her for decades.  “I clearly remember I was in a pretty little ruffle dress, had my hair with ribbons,” she says. “That day, we had to write about what …
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								March 02, 2023
								 
								
								
								“I know loss,” 2021 graduate Keeva Long said. “I buried babies. I grew up in public housing. I have a felony.” But she overcame, and wants others to know that they can overcome, too. If those challenges weren’t enough, Keeva was shot three times, an uninvolved bystander in a drive-by-shooting …
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								November 18, 2021
								 
								
								
								UPDATE 6/14/2022: Azalia wrote to us again: “Because of Seeds of Literacy and the GED program I have secured an awesome position working for TEXAS A&M University in the Department of Residence Life working as an Administrative Coordinator making 2 times more than what I was!   BLESS!!!!!! Looking forward …
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								July 02, 2021
								 
								
								
								On June 23, Seeds of Literacy did something the staff hopes to never have to do again: celebrate the graduating class virtually. But what they wouldn’t mind repeating is the number of graduates — 94 adults in the last 12 months! In fact, it’s one of the largest graduating classes …
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