A Maryland man who worked as a sanitation worker recently earned his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, People reports.
Rehan Staton’s hard work paid off as he walked across the stage at his commencement ceremony last Thursday (May 25) in Cambridge, Mass.
Staton’s mother left home when he was in the second grade, causing his family to “run into a lot of financial insecurities” which caused him to struggle academically as a child, he said in an interview.
"There were holes in the ceilings. There was black mold festering in the basement. There were a lot of areas in the house that didn't have floors,” he recalled. “It was a really bad situation."
As a high school student, Staton barely achieved a 2.0 GPA and his guidance counselors suggested that he was better suited for special education. His teachers even described him as having “low intelligence.”
After graduating high school, he was employed as a sanitation worker for Bates Trucking and Trash Removal in Maryland, where his co-workers encouraged him to go back to school. Taking their advice, he eventually applied to college.
Starting his education at Bowie State University, Staton transferred to the University of Maryland, where he graduated in 2018 and was chosen to be the commencement speaker for the undergraduate class.
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