00:00Let me tell you about Dr. Bernard, his story is honestly powerful.
00:04He had a PhD in education from Northwestern, but after the 2008 financial crisis, he lost almost everything.
00:13His consultancy failed, his marriage ended, and he even lost his home.
00:18For three years, he lived in a shelter on Chicago's South Side.
00:23But instead of giving up, every morning he walked to the Harold Washington Library.
00:27There, he started helping kids with homework just casually, and slowly it turned into an unofficial tutoring program.
00:36At one point, he was helping around 80 kids every week, and parents started calling him the professor.
00:43One day, a school district administrator noticed his work and started talking with him.
00:49In 2014, he was hired as director of curriculum and instruction for Chicago Public Schools.
00:55He said losing everything taught him what truly matters, helping a child learn.
01:02Honestly, that's inspiring.
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