Maryland Student Who Worked As A Garbage Collector To Support Family Is Accepted Into Harvard Law School

#1 Inspiring story of Rehan Staton!

Hard work always pays off. No matter how much time it takes, but it always pays off. This is the inspiring story of a Maryland student who used to wake up everyday day at 4 in the morning to perform the duties of a garbage collector and has successfully secured admission at Harvard Law School.

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#2 "Sometimes there'd be no electricity at home"

Twenty-four-year-old Rehan Staton from Bowie, Maryland, will begin his time at the prestigious law school in the fall after a difficult start in life that could have easily caused him to give up on his dreams.

Talking about his family life, Staton says he has experienced uneventful upbringing ever since his mom walked out of their life and moved to another country when he was only 8-years old.

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Staton and his brother Reggie were brought up by their father who worked hard to raise his both sons. The man went as far as doing three jobs to provide for his sons.

"I wasn't eating meals every day and my dad was working all the time," Staton told CNN. "Sometimes there'd be no electricity at home."

#3 His colleagues at garbage collector part-time job encouraged him to go to school

When things started looking better for Staton, he suffered from a shoulder injury that left his dream of becoming a boxer broken, and despite having good grades he got only rejection letters from colleges.

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That's when he took up a job at Bates Trucking & Trash Removal. Here, his academic prowess was admired, and his colleagues - some of them ex-convicts - encouraged him to go to school.

#4 "It was the first time in my life people were lifting me up for the sake of lifting me up and not because I was good at sports"

In an interview with CNN, Staton said: "It was the first time in my life people were lifting me up for the sake of lifting me up and not because I was good at sports.

"Throughout my entire life all the people in my life who I was supposed to look up to were the ones who always downplayed me and made me feel bad about myself.

"I had to go to the 'bottom' of the social hierarchy - that's to say formerly incarcerated sanitation workers - in order to be uplifted."

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#5 His brother dropped out to help Staton reach his dreams

The company owner's son, Brent Bates, played an important role in Staton's life when he introduced Staton to a professor at Bowie State University, who appealed to the admissions board to get him a place.

Staton's brother Reggie, now 27, dropped out of college to give his brother a chance to unleash his full potential.

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Staton then went on to study at the University of Maryland where he earned a 4.0 GPA before graduating in 2018.

#6 Congratulations Staton for dreaming big and achieving it too!

Staton then went on to work at political consulting with the Robert Bobb Group as he studied for the LSAT, and achieved places at numerous law schools including Harvard, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, and Pepperdine.

"When I look back at my experiences, I like to think that I made the best of the worst situation," he told CNN.

Staton credits his part-time job as a garbage collector to play a key role in helping him reach his goals.