Meet Veronika. The daughter of drug addicts, she earned a college scholarship and invented a jacket that converted into a sleeping bag to give to the homeless on the streets of Detroit.

But that wasn't enough. So on the advice of a homeless woman, she kicked it up a level.

She is now the CEO and founder of The Empowerment Plan, which does more than give away jackets.

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