Inspired by a librarian at the Grand Concourse Library, actress Youmie Francois decided to create a program for area school-age children. Now she's providing lessons in acting, dance, music, and more, and has created a scholarship named after the librarian who encouraged her. "People didn't know that this library had all the stuff that it had, all the opportunities that it provides," she says.

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