A Girl’s Journey From Nothing To Something

C. Nicole Mason was born into poverty to a 16-year-old single mother. She found a safe place, though, at school. This hour, we’ll talk with her about excelling despite hardship and dispelling the myth that the poor are incapable of helping themselves, which she writes about in her memoir, “Born Bright: A Young Girl’s Journey from Nothing to Something in America” (St. Martin’s Press).