Students rehearsing the Shakespearean play 'As You Like It'

Hobart Boulevard Elementary School is located in a poor Los Angeles neighborhood, infested with gangs and drugs. Yet in a fifth grade classroom, children of immigrants, many who speak English as a second language, are learning important life lessons thanks to one teacher and the works of William Shakespeare.

VOA's Yi Suli introduces us to a group of young thespians who are known around the world as the "Hobart Shakespeareans."