Award-Winning Tax Attorney Inspires Youth of Germantown


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Award-winning tax attorney and advocate, Nikki Johnson-Huston, hopes to affect policy change. She talks with Germantown youth of LOGAN Hope School at Tabor Children's Services to share her inspiring story of perseverance and strength.

Johnson-Huston grew up in a rough neighborhood in Detroit, and knows how to live in extreme poverty. Johnson-Huston told the students that she never lost sight of a positive outcome regardless of the difficulties thrown at her.


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