Waltham Girl Gets Message From Governor
A Waltham High School student recently inspired Gov. Deval Patrick!
Not many kids can say they inspired Gov. Deval Patrick, but Waltham High School student Stephanie Padilla did. "I kind of just told him how his story inspired me," Padilla said of how her struggles as a young, poor student inspired Patrick, with whom she shares a similar personal story. Their chance encounter, through written letters, started over the summer when, Jennifer Barsamian, one of Padilla’s teachers, started reading Patrick’s book, “A Reason To Believe: Lessons From An Improbable Life.” According to an Amazon.com summary of the book, Patrick tells of his struggles as a poor student in Chicago to his ascension to the governor’s office in 2006. Patrick's message resounded with Barsamian, who said she later told her students of …
