Micole H.

Little Einstein’s Math Tutoring Service
Baltimore, Maryland

“Go for it. There are no more ‘what ifs’ in my life.”

Micole was this year’s winner of the Daniel Treanor Memorial Award, which has been made possible through a generous grant from the MCJ Foundation. The foundation established the Daniel Treanor Memorial fund with an endowed gift to honor Daniel Treanor, a NFTE graduate who was stricken with cancer and passed away in April 2002. This fund is intended to honor current and future NFTE students who have succeeded while faced with health or physical challenges.

When Micole was 10 years old, she was diagnosed with a rare case of bone cancer in her leg that could be fatal if it wasn’t immediately treated. For the next two years, she missed out on a lot of childhood activities, spending her time instead getting chemotherapy treatments. But the treatment paid off – in 2004 Micole was declared cancer-free. She returned to school determined and more ready than ever to succeed. While taking a NFTE class, Micole developed a business plan for a tutoring service that won her first place in her school’s competition. She plans to launch the business this month. Micole hopes to attend North Carolina Central University in 2010, where she will study law, and eventually become a criminal lawyer.