Emily Crockett goes to Harvard!

I came across an inspiring story about a girl named Emily Crockett. She is blind and paralyzed on the left side of her body. She had had a brain tumor when she was a child and not expected to live. However, she beat the odds and ended up attending Harvard University. She is a brilliant girl that had gone against all odds and succeeded in life. She was afraid at first at the idea of going to a new place alone; however, she has become independent and can rely on herself now.


Harvard University was founded on September 8, 1636 by a vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States. In the beginning it was simply referred to as New College but retained the name Harvard College on March 13, 1639. It became Harvard University in 1780 by the Massachusetts Constitution.