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They dressed Nania differently than his classmates, who picked on him.

She never felt comfortable in class and tried to “slide under the radar” — afraid that her unique voice, which resonates sweetly at a higher pitch — would cause classmates to tease her.

Nonetheless, Ortega was already thinking about law school after noticing that former classmates of his from Nogales High were “going into the system … and I thought one wrong turn and I could’ve been there myself.”

Simply joining in with his classmates' phonics practice was something his mum Claire says she "didn't dare to dream could happen".

Another watches a tape of her college-freshman-aged self setting up a guy who could have been a classmate and sighs, “Years later, I’m still emotionally exhausted.”