Diana Fitts

2020 "Pass the Torch" Scholarship Finalist

“I learned that I could rewrite my story; I didn’t have to live with a story where a sentence of it said, ‘You will always be bad at science, you will always be bad at anything that’s not English or reading or writing.’”

Diana Fitts had never thought of herself as a science person and only took biology to fit in with her peers. In Mr. Steely’s classroom, however, she came to realize that not only could she succeed at science, but she enjoyed it. Today, Diana wants to become a science teacher so she can help other students overcome limiting beliefs about themselves and their abilities.

Here is Diana's story about Mr. Steely, the teacher who inspired her.

Want to hear the stories of the other nine finalists? Visit our 2020 Scholarship Finalists page.

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