My Name Is Tani . . . and I Believe in Miracles

At eight years old, Tani adewumi, a Nigerian refugee, won the 2019 New York state chess Championship after playing the game for only a year-long while homeless. His story is full of miracles and hope. Tani and his family's amazing story began amid Boko haram's reign of terror in their native country of Nigeria. They fled their home to the United States, where they lived in a new York City homeless shelter as they waited to be granted religious asylum. Tani began attending PS 116, where his classmates were unaware that he and his family had no home.