{"id":8948,"date":"2025-10-02T15:54:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=8948"},"modified":"2025-10-02T15:54:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:54:46","slug":"teen-who-flipped-burgers-in-grad-gown-inspires-230000-in-donations-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=8948","title":{"rendered":"Teen who flipped burgers in grad gown inspires $230,000 in donations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"277\"><strong data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"277\">Just hours after graduating from Mill Creek High School, Mykale Baker skipped the party and returned to his shift at Burger King\u2014still wearing his graduation stole and medals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"279\" data-end=\"472\">The 18-year-old\u2019s quiet dedication caught the eye of Maria Mendoza, a customer and fellow parent, who was so moved she filmed him and posted the clip on TikTok, saying, \u201cTikTok, do your thing!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"474\" data-end=\"685\">The video went viral, earning over 4.5 million views and sparking a GoFundMe that raised more than <strong data-start=\"573\" data-end=\"585\">$230,000<\/strong> for Baker\u2019s college dreams. Mendoza later surprised him at work, reducing the humble teen to tears.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"924\">Baker, raised by a single mom and the youngest of eight, had planned to delay college due to financial struggles\u2014but now hopes to attend technical school with the support of donors and a $10,000 scholarship from Burger King\u2019s foundation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"926\" data-end=\"1003\"><strong data-start=\"926\" data-end=\"1003\">He didn\u2019t chase fame\u2014just showed up, worked hard, and inspired the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote id=\"v33842193299856536\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mariabonita528\/video\/7507469018077416735\" data-video-id=\"7507469018077416735\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgpshospitality%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02ic2kZ7ojEv8d7ViK6dCM9MgxfnpSfYwWWArGuF3YzbC2bUFoYTxFbDdo49F5ZHHwl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"767\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote id=\"v33842193299856536\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mariabonita528\/video\/7507469018077416735\" data-video-id=\"7507469018077416735\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\"><p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed\/v2\/7507469018077416735?lang=en-US&amp;referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com%2Fnews%2Fteen-who-flipped-burgers-in-grad-gown-inspires-230000-in-donations%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawNLftlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFuU21KaG1uUGRKQUh1ZlVFAR7PRFglGMAY31ZVkChYb0lQPLvrYADowK5l0IZKiJgumzjzdjY_J0uxynicag_aem_bLqVIrtZfojUBA-_V5CNiw&amp;embedFrom=oembed\" name=\"__tt_embed__v33842193299856536\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-same-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just hours after graduating from Mill Creek High School, Mykale Baker skipped the party and returned to his shift at Burger King\u2014still wearing his graduation stole and medals. The 18-year-old\u2019s quiet dedication caught the eye of Maria Mendoza, a customer and fellow parent, who was so moved she filmed him and posted the clip on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=8948\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Teen who flipped burgers in grad gown inspires $230,000 in donations&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8950,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8948\/revisions\/8950"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}