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Graduate Stories

  • Eduardo

    “When I passed my GED test it was just an amazing feeling. I knew I had accomplished something I put so much work toward.”

  • Ashley

    “I realized without an education I would not get a better job so I had to take those next steps toward getting an education.”

  • Marquita

    “The biggest motivation had to be my kids. I wanted something better for them. Having dead-end jobs was just not enough.”

  • Ellie

    “I just remember my grandma always saying how important education was, so I decided to get my GED.”

  • Trinh

    “My biggest motivation was my family because they worked so hard to give me a better life.”

  • Timothy

    “GED has meant so much so it was only fitting I continue to work in education.”

  • Nzitonda

    “It served as a foundation to show the world my strength and ambition to become who I want to be.”

  • Nicole

    “My motivation was my friends in college. I knew that one day I wanted to be like them earning a degree.”

  • Maurilio

    “One of the things I loved is that I was making friends while I was in school because we were all working as a group encouraging each other.”

  • Hannah

    “I started thinking positively, asking for help and believing I could actually do it.”

  • Florence

    “I took a picture in my cap and gown to visualize myself succeeding and then I did.”

  • Brittany

    “Without my teachers there's no way I could have did it. They were and still are my rock.”