DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — This week's Hoover's Hero doesn't see a problem, she sees potential in the tireless work she puts in every day with at-risk boys and girls in Decatur.

I walked away from my time with Kurtistyne White feeling inspired. After hearing her story, I think you will too.

Keeping Kurtistyne busy on this particular day is practice time for the Decatur Youth Symphony World Drummers.

"We're using the African drum for our rhythms and our beats and different things like that," she says.

The World Drum Program started off with third through fifth graders, but Kurtistyne says over the years it's expanded to high school because the parents and students love it so much.

"We've had kids who have been in this particular program for four and five years and they kind of age out at s

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