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A trait that allowed Khadijah to pursue her dreams of entering Harvard was that she was persistent. In “A Homeless Girl’s Dream” it states, “Despite such upheavals, Khadijah has accomplished a goal many girls her age can only dream of reaching”. This shows that with all the movement and the changes didn’t stop her from reaching her goals. In “A Homeless Girl’s Dream” it states, “living in a shelter so faraway from the school that she had to wake up at 4:30 a.m. and take three different buses to make it to her first class”.  This demonstrates that Khadijah’s school was very far away but she still woke up at 4:30 to not miss a class and to get there on time which shows persistence. So, a trait that helped Khadijah pursue her dreams and enter Harvard was that she was persistent.

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A trait that allowed Khadijah  Williams to pursue her dreams of entering Harvard, is her determination. In paragraph 11 it states" But she soldiered on. She'd balanced her books on he lap and do her homework on the bus." This states that she kept going on even though she was homeless, she did her homework and studied on the bus and did not pay no mind to anyone else. In the text it states" After lights out in the shelter, she would slip in the bathroom to work" This shows how she was determined to make it to harvard that she studied even when she had to sleep.A trait that allowed Khadija Williams to pursue dreams of entering Harvard, is her determination.

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A trait that allowed Khadijah Williams to pursue her dreams of entering  Harvard was her motivation. She was able to work hard enough and maintain motivated  she got into Harvard University. The text states, " But for Khadijah, school was a refugee, a reminder that outside the shelter was a world filled with possibilities."  This explains that Williams was motivated with the possibilities that she had despite the fact that she was in a shelter.

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The trait that allowed Khadijah Williams to pursue her dreams of entering Harvard is diligent. She showed care in what she wanted and didn't give up. In the text it states, "And so Khadijah read the backs of cereal boxes, old copies of Reader's Digest that she would find at the shelters and any books she could get her hands on. She shows her diligence through reading anything she can find to improve herself as a student. The text also states, "In her junior year Khadijah was living in a shelter so faraway from the school that she had to wake up at 4:30 a.m. and take three different buses to make it to her first class." Her diligence is shown through the fact that she had the desire to learn by making sure she made it on time to her first class. Her diligence definitely helped her journey to college.

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The trait that would allow Khadijah Williams to pursue her dream of entering Harvard is determination.In the text ¨A homeless Girl´s Dream by Jeannine Amber From Essence it states ¨But I had to make up the subjects I´d missed at a community college,so for a while I was doing that along with high school.By eleventh grade I was taking honors and AP classes.´ This quote shows Khadijah is determined because she was taking college classes while she was in high school.She was also taking honors classes in the eleventh grade.In the text ¨And sometimes,after lights out at the shelter,she would slip into the hallway or bathroom to study.´´This shows she cared a lot about her education and was determined to pass her classes.

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Khadijah Williams was dedicated  which allowed her to pursue her dreams of entering Harvard. The text, "A Homeless Girl's Dream" states, "In her junior year Khadijah was living in a shelter so faraway from the school that she had to wake up at 4:30 am and take three different buses to make it to her first class. The commute home during rush hour was even  longer. But she soldiered on." This quote shows that Khadijah is dedicated since she woke up so early just to go to school. The text also states, "...I had to make up the subjects I'd missed at community college, so for a while I was doing that along with high school. By eleventh grade I was taking honor and AP classes." This quote explains that Khadijah was dedicated since she took challenging classes. The college committee wants a dedicated person. That is why Khadjiah Williams was able to pursue her dreams of entering Harvard.

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A trait that can describe Khadijah is persistent. She always believed in herself. In the text it states, " I lived so far from the school that I had to wake up at 4:30". This explains that she was so in to achieve her goal that she always woke up early in the morning to arrive at school at time for her class. In the text it also states, " After lights out in the shelter, she would slip in the bathroom to work". It's so hard to study like that but because she wanted to fulfill her dream she did everything she could do to achieve it

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A trait that would allow Khadijah Williams to pursue her dreams of entering Harvard would be is committed to herself. In the text “A homeless Girl’s dream” by Jeannine Amber from Essence states, “Among the residents of the shelters Khadijah become known as the girl who was trying to make something of herself. Not everyone was supportive. “Some people would say. ‘What makes you think you’re so special.” She remembers.” This evidence shows how many people were hating on her because she was trying her best to do what she can and people thought she would be not be able to do it but she was able to believe in herself. It also states, “In her junior year Khadijah was living in a shelter so faraway from school that she had to wake up at 4:30 a.m. and take there different buses to make it to her first class. The commute home during rush hour was even longer.” This shows how she important to get to school on time no matter how long. This is how Khadijah Williams was able to pursue her dreams of entering Harvard.

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The trait that allowed Khadijah Williams to pursue her dreams of entering Harvard was the fact that she was ambitious. In the text it says "Khadijah was living in shelter so far away fro the school that she had to wake up at 4:30 am and take three buses just to make it to her first class." This shows how eager she was to be in class. Another detail to support that Khadijah is ambitious is when the text say "

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A trait that would allow Kadijah to pursue her dreams of entering Harvard would be her being persistent. In "A Homeless Girl's Dream" it states, "... Kadijah was living in a shelter so faraway from the school that she had to wake up at 4:30 a.m and take three different buses... She'd balance her books on her lap and do her homework on the bus." This quote indicates her persistence because it's stating that she woke up very early for school, but still managed to get all of her work done on the bus. The text goes on to say "...she would slip into the hallway or bathroom to study." This quote demonstrates her persistence because she wouldn't let anything get in her way, even when lights went out she would still be studying and getting herself ready for the next day of school. This is why Kadijah being persistent is what would allow her to pursue her dreams of entering Harvard.

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A trait that allowed Khadijah  Williams to pursue her dreams of entering Harvard, is her determination. In paragraph 11 it states" But she soldiered on. She'd balanced her books on he lap and do her homework on the bus." This states that she kept going on even though she was homeless, she did her homework and studied on the bus and did not pay no mind to anyone else.

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A trait that would allow khadijah williams to pursue her dreams is determined. In the text it states "

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A trait that would allow Khadijah Williams to pursue her dreams of entering Harvard was her hard work. In the the text " A homeless girls dream" it states, " But i had to make up the subjects i missed at a community college so for a while i was doing that along with high school. By eleventh grade I was taking honors and AP classes." This demonstrates. that she used to work hard by going to high school, then doing extra classes at a community college, and taking honors and AP classes. The text also states, " ...She had to wake up at 4:30 a.m. take three different buses to make it to her first class....She'd balance her bookson her lap and do her homework on the bus. And sometimes after lights out at shelter, she would slip into the hallway or bathroom to study.This shows she was hardworking because she woke up early and studied and do her homework whenever she had the chance.

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The trait that allowed Khadijah to pursue her dreams of entering Harvard was hardworking. The text states " And after lights out at the shelter, she would slip into the hallway or bathroom to study". This shows that Khadijah is hardworking because she studied during lights out at the shelter. Its hard to read and study when there is no light and Khadijah still studied late at night to make sure she was on top of her work. The passage also states "Many of these students will lack even the most basic requirements -from school supplies that are stolen in the night to clean clothes in the morning". This shows that although she didn't grow up with her basic needs because of her homelessness. Even though this made her self-concious she still worked hard. This is how khadijah was hardworking.

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The trait that would help her be a successful college student is perseverance. This is true because despite being homeless while younger she still kept pushing. Also not only did she keep pushing to graduate hight school passing a the standard for a normal homeless person. But she went all the way on to graduate college. For example in the text it states “ For most of her life, Khadijah has been homeless.” This proves that she was homeless and that she will push to find a way out. Also in the text it states “ She could be any college freshman...”. This shoe that she persevered hard enough despite the odds of her success and made it to college and  is trying to graduate. This is why perseverance is an important trait in college

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A trait that allowed Khadijah Williams to pursue her dream of entering Harvard is being persistent and not giving up. In the text it states, “we lived in an apartment at first,” she remembers. “ I was about 4. But then my mother couldn’t afford the rent.” This shows how she is persistent  because even though she was homeless she didn't let thats stop her and kept trying to achieve her dream. The text also states, ”...she had to wake up at 4:30 a.m...she’d balance her books on her lap and do her homework on the bus”. This shows how she is resistant because she woke up very early in the morning, go to school, and do her homework on the bus. So, in conclusion, she is resistant because she tries hard and doesn't give up to chive her goal of entering Harvard.

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A trait that would allow Khadijah Williams to pursue her dreams of entering Harvard is she was persistent. In the text "A Homeless Girl's Dream" It states "she had to wake up at 4:30 a.m. and take three different busses to make it to her first class". This shows that she had to wake up at 4:30 a.m. in the morning everyday just to get to her first class by using but kept going. In addition In the text it states " And sometimes, after lights out at the shelter, she would slip into the hallway or batchroom to study". This indicates even after lights out she was still studying and was persistent. This is how Khadijah Williams will pursue her dreams of going to Harvard.

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One trait that would allow Khadijah Williams to pursue her dream of going to Harvard because she was determined. In the text it states “ she had to wake up at 4:30 and take 3 different busses to make it to her first class”. This shows that she was determined to make it to class to get the best of her education so she can make her dream come true. In the text it also states “ some times after lights out at the shelter she would slip into the hallway or bathroom to study.” This is A very difficult task to do in the dark but she was determined to study to get good grades to make sure she made it out of homelessness and poverty.

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If there is a trait that would given to Khadijah it would be persistent. It would be persistent because she was homeless. She didn’t have a stable place. When she was in high school she had to travel far but she had to get her education. She had to wake up at very early  to travel. Based on the text “ In her junior year Khadijah was living in a shelter so faraway from the school that she had to wake up at 4:30 am and take three different busses to make it to her first class”. This shows that she  had to make sure she had her education and she was on her time she made it her Business to get an education. The text also states “ but she soldiered on.” This proves that Khadijah could’ve given up but she keep going. This would be on trait given to Khadijah

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The trait that allowed Williams to pursuers dreams of attending Harvard university is her being determined. Her mom gave her the skill to not give up no matter how much people tried to bring her down. This could be shown when Khadijah states “by standing up to the teachers, she was telling me, I know you’re smart, don’t listen to them”. This shows Khadijah’s  mom wouldn’t give up on her daughter’s education, this would motive her daughter to be determined.

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A trait that allowed Khadijah to pursue her dreams of entering Harvard was that she was persistent. In “A Homeless Girl’s Dream” it states, “Despite such upheavals, Khadijah has accomplished a goal many girls her age can only dream of reaching”. This shows that with all the movement and the changes didn’t stop her from reaching her goals. In “A Homeless Girl’s Dream” it states, “living in a shelter so faraway from the school that she had to wake up at 4:30 a.m. and take three different buses to make it to her first class”.  This demonstrates that Khadijah’s school was very far away but she still woke up at 4:30 to not miss a class and to get there on time which shows persistence. So, a trait that helped Khadijah pursue her dreams and enter Harvard was that she was persistent.

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Khadijah Willams achieved her dreams of studying in Harvard because she was hardworking.In the text "A Homeless Girl's Dream" it states "after lights out at the shelter, she would slip into the hallway or bathroom to study".The evidence proves that although she was not in a good situation, she worked hard to study when it was hard for her to do so.The text goes on to states "she had to wake up at 4:30 a.m. and take three different buses to make it to her first class" This explains that although she lived far away she made the effort to wake up early,and get three buses to go to her school which shows that she is hardworking.Therefore Khadijah Williams achieved her dreams of going to Harvard because she is hard working.