According to Ly Phong, a reporter for the American.gov press release, Oprah became a voracious reader, a habit she retains to this day. Books became her outlet to the world and the basis of her strong belief in a good education. Although she grew up in some of the worst conditions in the south, reading and education was still mandatory in her father and grandmothers house. Oprah had excellent reading skills at the age of 3, learning to read aloud and perform recitations. When Oprah had gone to pick up a prize she had won at a local radio station, she knew not the pivotal moment that was to happen in her life. A man at the station asked her did she want to hear her voice on tape? He handed her an article along with the microphone and took off as if she had been doing this all her life. Reading changed the path of Winfrey’s life, and she has never forgotten it. As her success grew, so did her benevolent work to promote education, which she calls the “open door to anybody’s future.” According to the Pakistan Observer, Oprah shared that as a child she'd been molested by a cousin, uncle and a friend of her father's. Owing to these circumstances she ran away and went back to her mother when she was thirteen. She was enrolled in Lincoln High School but soon won a scholarship and was transferred to an elite Nicolet High School. There she fell in the hands of some bad company which had a negative impact on her personality. She started arguing with her mother and stealing from her, so her mother sent her back to her father in Nashville, Tennessee. Even though her father was a strict person, he did not compromise on education; he enrolled her in East Magnet High School. She was a brilliant student and after graduating high school she joined Tennessee State University. Although she was given a full scholarship she had to work odd jobs to help her through college. After sometime Oprah moved to Chicago and was asked to AM-Chicago, a morning