Aleysha Ortiz is 19 years old and in her freshman year at the University of Connecticut. She graduated last year from a ...

“At the end of the day, if you cannot read and write, it's very hard to succeed,” Aleysha Ortiz tells PEOPLE According to a ...

In a lawsuit filed against the Hartford Board of Education, the Connecticut city and a special education teacher, a former ...

Despite graduating from Hartford Public High School in June with honors and getting a scholarship to the University of Connecticut, Aleysha Ortiz is claiming she cannot read or write. The 19-year ...

Aleysha Ortiz, who alleges she can't read or write, graduated high school with honors. She's suing for emotional damages.

Aleysha Ortiz is suing the Hartford Board of Education in Connecticut, saying the school system left her severe learning disabilities largely untreated. She graduated from Hartford Public High School ...

Nineteen-year-old Aleysha Ortiz says she graduated from high school with honors and earned a college scholarship, but she can’t read or write. In some ways, Ortiz is living an American dream. The ...

Aleysha Ortiz is 19 years old and dreams of one day writing stories and maybe even a book. That may sound like a reasonable aspiration for a teenager recently out of high school, but for Aleysha ...

“At the end of the day, if you cannot read and write, it's very hard to succeed,” Aleysha Ortiz tells PEOPLE Barry, Taylor & Levesque, LLC According to a complaint, Aleysha Ortiz, 19, who has ...

Nineteen-year-old Aleysha Ortiz says she graduated from high school with honors and earned a college scholarship, but she can’t read or write. In some ways, Ortiz is living an American dream.