Do you know who Roger Bannister was? He was the first person to break the four-minute mile. Before him, no one thought it was possible, scientists claimed that the heart would literally explode at that pace and therefore was an infallible impossibility.

But Roger didn’t buy into that and ran the first sub-four minute mile ever recorded. And as if an impenetrable barrier had been broken, 9 other runners also ran sub-four minute miles that same year.

My youngest brother Jon was the Roger Banister of our family, but not for his running ability...

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Meet RayShael Gutierres Mamani, Age 13

Ray Shael (Ray as we like to call her) came to Casa de Milagros nine years ago when she was five years old. Her mother committed suicide in front of her by ingesting rat poison; at which point she and her nine-month old half sister, Doris, were cared for by her maternal grandparents for about three months. Ray’s father’s identity is unknown, as her mother became pregnant with her while working in Lima for a period of time.

Through a bit of good fortune, Ray’s grandparents found out about the Casa...