her oldest child is thriving in public emily mcdonald, ooshe's an edmu mom of three. she sent her kids to their zip code schools. her oldest child is thriving in public schools. her second child, a boy with autism, he faces struggles, but he has also gone the support he needs at school. but her younger daughter, she came home from school crying every single day because of the way other students treated her as she stood up for her brother with autism. emily had recently lost her husband and was raising these three children on her own. she saw her daughter starting to fall behind academically because of the bullying she was experiencing. on a single income, she didn't know how she would be able to afford to send her daughter to another school. she enrolled her daughter in a private christian school, praying they would be approved for the tax credit. well, i'm happy to report her daughter is thriving in the new school. and have a school year, she has jumped 3 grade levels in reading. emily is with us today. i wanted to recognize her and her daughter. would you please sta