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Ms. Hum from Oakland, CA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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A Book That Speaks to Us

Help me give my students a story that reflects their lives and experiences.

  • $431 goal

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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My Family Divided is a book that speaks to my students' unique experiences in this country. Many have families divided, brothers, sisters and mothers left behind. This is a book that will resonate with my students. Rarely do they see books about themselves. My goal is to infuse my students with a love for reading with a story about themselves.

My Family Divided is a book that will inspire my students to tell their own stories.

This book will validate their struggles in a new country, and speak to the hope and dreams that they and their families carry with them when they cross the border. My students are special. They navigate between two worlds, the one they left and the one they came to. Often they are multilingual. They are the ones who help their parents, translating for them, doing the job of an adult. This book will show them that they are not alone. Others have experienced what they experience. It will inspire them to continue to strive and give them hope for the future.

Ms. Hum Global Family Elementary School Grades 3-5

Equity Focus

This project directly supports students at a historically underfunded school. Learn more about our Equity Focus.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

More about Ms. Hum

Oakland, CA View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

47 students impacted 5donors

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope • Amazon Business $7.59 40 $303.60

Materials cost

$303.60

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$27.78

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.55

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$365.93

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.58

Total project goal

$430.51

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$430.51

5 Donors

-$424.62

Donations toward project cost

-$365.93

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$58.69

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.89

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$0.00

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