June 7 was the first day of the college entrance exam in China, known as the "gaokao". Principal Zhang Guimei started her day by escorting her students to their exam sites. She has been escorting students to their exams since 2011. Zhang, 64, founded Huaping Girls' High School in Lijiang, Yunnan Province, in 2008. The program is free for girls. Since 2008, she has changed the lives of nearly 2,000 girls by shepherding them to acceptance at universities nationwide.