Who is Elizabeth Dozier?

Elizabeth Dozier is the unlikely product of an illicit relationship between a nun and a prison inmate, raised on her mother's meager sole income in Chicago. In her quest to give back to her troubled community, Dozier became an educator, and as part of President Bush's "No Child Left Behind" policy, took over as principal of Fenger High School. During the time of Tough's research for this book, Dozier had implemented a "zero tolerance" policy for violence at Fenger, and had enrolled some of her most troubled students in the Youth Advocate (YAP) program at her school.