Renee speaks with special education teacher Kellie Blair Hardt, who overcame homelessness, an absent mother, an alcoholic father and school expulsion to earn her GED. She received the National Education Association Foundation’s 2013 Horace Mann Award for Teaching Excellence as one of the nation’s top educators. Hardt is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in higher education at George Mason University. She was featured in KET’s series Dropping Back In.