Alejandro Obando is building a school in Nicaragua for some of the 6,000 children left orphaned and homeless by the long Civil War. As a teacher in New York City, he’d found a good life for himself, but he never forgot the desperate poverty of his childhood. Like many children, he sold fake watches and shoes in the streets of his village in order to eke out a living. But Alejandro’s grandmother had dreams of something better for him. “Be a good citizen, get your education and help other people,” she would say. This is the story about how Alejandro made his grandmother’s dreams come true – by inviting his New York students like Daniel and their families to join him in bringing hope – and a chance for a new life – to the children of Nicaragua.