In the News ... “MCA graduate is building school for Haitian women"

MRT/MM Photo by Karis Johnson

• "Wait — what if I am completely and totally wrong?’"

Karis Johnson, Midland Magazine
• Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - A high school mission trip to Haiti set the stage for Midland Classical Academy graduate Erin Leggett, 21, to make a difference in rural Haiti.

Having completed her fourth trip to Haiti in July, the Odessa native spent the last three years working to create a sustainable, nonprofit trade school for underprivileged women in the small town of Mare Rouge.

Known as The Bird’s Nest Professional School, or “L’Ecole Professionelle de TBN,” the Colorado-based 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization began as a dream for the Odessa native after her first trip to Haiti in 2013 when she was a high school senior ...

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