Let\'s learn from yesterday and live for today.
But does she have the confidence to share her essay in front of an audience? Anela\'s Club is a coming-of-age story about rising above tragedy and learning to view life through a lens of hope and love..
The hope that Anela can turn her pain into something beautiful gives her back her spark and encourages her to enter the contest.
Then a senator teaches her about the many world leaders who have used their childhood trauma to do great things.
Still, self-doubt holds Anela back.
Only one teacher refuses to give up on her, pushing her to enter an essay contest that gives her a shot at Harvard.
Even school, once a refuge, means nothing anymore.
Her parents never wanted her, and without her biggest cheerleader, she withdraws into her pain and insecurities. -Anela Lee When Anela Lee\'s brother, Jake, dies on the football field, her family is shattered.
It\'s the only way to move forward.
Let\'s learn from yesterday and live for today
