Devin Chandler arrived at Hough High School in Cornelius, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte, just before the start of his senior year. For most people, that would mean a year on the margins, watching from a distance as friends who’d known each other since childhood wrapped up their time together, waiting out the days until graduation to move on to another fresh start.
Devin wasn’t most people. He dove into life at Hough the way he dove into everything in his life — eyes wide, smile even wider — and within weeks he’d become an integral part of the community.