New Visions honors graduating seniors who beat the odds

Salma Nakhlawi is one of 10 graduating seniors honored by New Visions for Public Schools for their accomplishments this year. Read about all of the winners, then revisit our coverage of honorees from previous years.

• “Defying the odds (and mom), a student wins the right to study science” (2010)
• “For a 17-year-old cancer survivor, school became a sanctuary” (2010)
• “For Queens junior, path to neuroscience driven by passion” (2011)