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UCLA graduate student Deanna Jordan works with children as part of the Compton Pipeline Task-force, which she created to help give children educational resources. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)

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UCLA student gives hope to Talented 90% in Compton

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Deanna Jordan was alone in a hospital room in May 2008, with her newborn cradled in her arms. After giving birth to her third child, Kingston, at 22 years old, Jordan realized that she needed to turn her life around.

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UCLA student gives hope to Talented 90% in Compton

By Hee Jae Choi

April 22, 2014 12:16 a.m.