It’s the story of a local high school student who was abused and abandoned to homelessness by her mother. But Kim Tran, now a senior at Dominion High in Sterling has a new family, a new direction and a new lease on life. But this is more than a tale of whoa, listen to the two clips below and learn why she has been honored with the Children’s Defense Fund’s “Beating the Odds” award and the Loudoun Future Leaders award.