It's a quest for a dress that these students could have never imagined. Thanks to a corps of community volunteers and donors they are ready for their red carpet walk on Sunday.
When girls in their junior year of high school scour the mall for the perfect dress in the spring, it's time for prom. But not for 17-year-old Ismerai Calcaneo. She's shopping for the Oscars. It's a quest for a dress that this Roosevelt High student could have never imagined. And it's taken her teacher's Instagram plea and a corps of donors to prepare Ismerai and sixth-grader Porché Brinker for their red carpet walk on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre.
'I feel like a lot of the reasons I'm in the position that I'm in now, how I've overcome a lot of my own personal challenges is because people showed up for me,' Melendez said. 'It's important for me to continue doing the same, and with this young lady, she's the next generation moving up.
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