According to the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), 21 percent of adults in the United States (about 43 million) fall into the illiterate/functionally illiterate category.įor Deidra, college was the first time she experienced and understood what functional illiteracy was. Now she's striving to help the almost 43,000,000 adults who still are struggling. After struggling for years, and eventually finding support, she started a nonprofit to help other adults facing their own challenges with literacy. "I was turned away because I was over the age of 17, and other private options like one-on-one tutoring were financially out of reach for me."ĭeidra promised that one day she'd do something to fix it. After graduating from high school, she started looking for support to improve her reading skills.
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