Once homeless, Miami man earns FIU law degree
June 13, 2014
Published on: The Miami Times, May 29, 2014
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Desmond Meade remembers standing on railroad tracks in Miami waiting for a train to come. Homeless, hungry and broke, Meade became convinced that there was no reason to live. So he waited for a train to kill him. It was a long wait.
“The train didn’t come,” Meade said. “I was there for a while. My mind was filled with thoughts of how much pain I would have to endure to go through with it.”
That was 10 years ago.Today, Meade is a happy step-father of five who graduated with a law degree from Florida International University last Friday. He joined approximately 153 law school graduates who celebrated a festive ceremony at the school’s south campus.