Martha Rivera Alanis isn’t exactly the kind of person who’d seek fame on YouTube. She’s a dedicated kindergarten teacher in Monterrey, Mexico. Earlier this year, gunfire from drug gangs came dangerously close to her class full of five and six-year-olds.

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Martha tells The State We're In how she sang to her students to keep them calm – and how a video of the incident was seen by millions around the world.
 

This story was taken from the latest edition of The State We're In - Tough lessons

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