Feb 2, 2021
Life as a freshman at Washington State University was a culture shock to Jen, who had lived what she describes as a somewhat sheltered life until then. The college felt huge and the culture was nothing like what she was used to at her small religious high school. It...
Feb 2, 2021
Three weeks after Stephanie enrolled in the RN program at Highline College, she found out she was pregnant with her third child. She had registered for the two-year program because although she and her husband had been married for 12 years, she was feeling...
Feb 2, 2021
As the daughter of two Holocaust survivors, Michelle was raised in a family where higher education was never encouraged. Her own mom hadn’t gone to college, and her dad had been put into a labor camp when he was 18 years old. “Growing up at home was all about...
Feb 2, 2021
Kahmina was working the graveyard shift as a 911 operator for the Washington State patrol while raising her son as a single mother. Her job was stressful, as she was constantly surrounded by tragedy and death and trauma. She missed reading her son bedtime stories. Her...
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