by Amanda Woods,
Communications Specialist (VISTA)
One of the hardest things to get
people to understand is that
homeless people are normal people.
They have lives and families and
friends and school and jobs and
are living in the real world with
you every day. She may be the
co-worker in the cubicle next to
yours. He may be the kid who sits
next to yours in class.
Or she may be our state’s winner of
the high school Stock Market Game.
Alishe’ah is one of three students
on the winning North Little Rock
High School West Campus team in
the SIFMA Foundation Stock
Market Game Capitol Hill Challenge.
The team was led by Michael Huels,
an economics professor at the
school, and was paired with Senator
John Boozman for the game. Teams
from 669 schools across the U.S.
participated in the game this year.
Alishe’ah and her teammates placed
1st in the state and 5th nationally.