An MBA student at Washington University was beaten and starved as a child, and then was homeless as a teen. Michael McLaughlin has now turned his life around, but he hasn’t forgotten where he came from. He’s devoting his life to helping other children who are suffering, and hiking 2,500 miles to raise awareness.
Each step forward for McLaughlin is a step away from where he began. He was homeless just eleven years ago but, today he is working on his MBA at Washington University.
This week he will start a 2,500 mile trek through the Appalachian and Ozark trails.
“Everything that has happened in my life, as bad as it has been has prepared me for this. In a way I have been preparing for this hike my whole life and I just didn’t know it,” said McLaughlin.
He is raising money and awareness for the Family Resource Center, a nonprofit organization that helps abused children, and The School for the Blind in Africa.
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