Meet Sophia Fan, the 17-year-old Maryland student who found forgotten books under her stairs and turned the idea into a nonprofit that has distributed more than 7,000 books in four years across the US and abroad
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Sophia Fan’s Literacy Cycle has already provided over 7,000 books to children, directly expanding access to reading material for young learners in the U.S. and abroad.
Nobody would have thought that a forgotten cupboard of books under the stairs would give someone an idea that would eventually reach thousands of children in the United States and other countries. The 17-year-old student from Urbana, Maryland, Sophia Fan, started collecting and redistributing used books when she was just 13, and her initiative, Literacy Cycle, has now donated more than 7,000 books in just four years.
Literacy Cycle is a youth‑led nonprofit that collects used books and redistributes them to schools and community groups, a model that helps address gaps in access to educational resources.
- •Future announcements of additional book donation drives or partnerships
- •Potential expansion of the program to new regions or countries
- •Updates on the organization’s fundraising or volunteer recruitment efforts