How a storage closet-turned-boxing gym is helping migrant students graduate, and giving them options for the future
- Posted on April 17, 2026
- By CNN
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How a storage closet-turned-boxing gym is helping migrant students graduate, and giving them options for the future
Mike Figueroa, a boxing trainer from the Bronx, arrived at ATLAS High School in Queens, New York, one day last year and was quickly pulled aside by the principal, Elizabeth Messmann. A student was on the verge of dropping out, and she thought Figueroa could help, as he tells it.