Oprah's Leadership Academy: Building a Dream

Building a Dream

By Pamela Gien
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the January 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Oprah's dream started as a wish for a first-class school that would turn gifted young South African girls from impoverished backgrounds into the country's future leaders.

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