School principal’s American dream fulfilled: becoming an educator and teaching her mom to read

Source: New York Post

From today through July 4, The Post, in conjunction with the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream, is featuring US citizens explaining what the American dream means to them in 2026. Today, it’s Rubylinda Zickafoose, the principal at Ola Elementary School in Florida. My parents were migrant farm workers.