‘Blind Side‘ real life mom Leigh Anne Tuohy delivered an important message to a Savannah, Georgia audience this week.

“We devalue people too quickly,” she said.

Tuouhy went on to describe the story of her adopted son, Michael Oher. Tuohy and her husband, Sean, had taken in Oher as a teenager after discovering he was homeless. Michael, who struggled in school, joined the school’s football team and was later drafted as an offensive tackle by the Baltimore Ravens.

‘The Blind Side’ is the award winning film starring Tim McGraw and Sandra Bullock based on Oher’s life.

“All it took was hope, opportunity, and love to change a life,” Tuohy later said.