Girl Goals
In worn-out clothes and a pair of glasses, Zhang Guimei looks solemn. Her faltering steps and pale face indicate that she is not well. “I was diagnosed with a few diseases over the years, but I’ve never had time to deal with them,” Zhang said.
Nothing has stopped her since she stumbled onto a new career 12 years ago—helping girls from impoverished families in the southwestern province of Yunnan obtain higher education.
In 2008, she founded the Huaping High School for Girls, China’s first free high school for
