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Personality: Carol Adams
Spotlight on founder of the Carol Adams Foundation
Carol Adams was accustomed to being woken at night by yelling and fighting from the next room—an almost nightly pattern. But on Dec. 30, 1980, that pattern took a darker turn. Instead of screams, she heard gunshots. Her mother was killed and her father served just 18 months of a seven-year prison sentence for the crime. That night, Adams and her sister were left to fend for themselves, but it did not break her spirit. Instead, it fueled her determination to make a difference.
