"Using a pushcart classroom, Efren (in yellow) and volunteers teach reading and writing to children living in the streets. Photo Source: Lilibeth Frondoso/CNN

We don’t know Efren personally but we are proud of what he’s doing to help change the country. This years CNN Heroes includes Efren Peñaflorida who proves that poverty is merely a challenge. With the right attitude and support from people, either financially, emotionally, mentally, we can achieve much more and perhaps manage to “pay it forward.

Efren is being recognized for his company and the movement it represents. His company Dynamic Teen Company gives other children, who are just like him, an education and maybe much more.

Read his story on CNN: Anderson Cooper 360, CNN Heroes and Vote.