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Katelyn Catanzariti

EXPLAINED: Scholarship helps disadvantaged student reach for more | Rare Historical Photos

James Bow is studying mechanical engineering thanks to The Smith Family's Learning for Life program. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Growing up in poverty, James Bow was well aware there were things his family could not afford that other children took for granted.

He remembers wearing the same pair of shoes throughout primary school and not having his first laptop until high school.

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