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DENIZ LEA KOFTECI
Multimedia Journalist and Producer
If the figures on US adult illiteracy aren't stunning enough, just hear those people's stories.
Approximately 32 million adults in America can't read above a third-grade level. That means 14 percent of the adult native speaking population is considered functionally illiterate. Cheryl Haeseker Mikuliak is an educator with Literacy Volunteers and Advocates (LVA), a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that provides reading, math, and other classes for adults who test at or below a sixth-grade reading level.