Magna Cum Laude Grad
If you’ve been following my journey up until this point you’re pretty well versed in my struggles but this blog is about my triumph. About a promise I made to myself when I was 15.
I started college in 2007 at Austin Community College at 20 y/o. I originally wanted to be paralegal, then I switched to sonography and then I quit cause WTF!
Truth be told, I lacked focused, discipline, and I didn’t what the hell I wanted to be or do at 20 years old.
It wasn’t until I became a mother, started working for an incredible company, and wanted more for myself and my family that I got real with myself.
I received my associate degree in liberal arts with highest honors in 2020 and NOW graduating with a degree from The Huston-Tillotson University in business administration, magna cum laude at 35 while working full time during a pandemic with two incredible children, an amazing lover, heart wrenching losses, working through mental and physical health issues, running multiple businesses, consistently volunteering, and being a community advocate.
Yes, I wanted to quit. Yes, it was too much at times. I stayed the course because I made a promise to make myself proud, get a degree in the field that would benefit myself, my family and make me an asset to my community.
Being a first generation college graduate in my family lineage, intentionally and passionately breaking generational courses.
I’M FREAKIN DOING IT!!!
Update 5/9/2023: The graduation ceremony was everything I didn’t know it would be. To be honest, I wasn’t going to go because it had taken so long to get here and I was being anxious. I’m glad I attended and I’m even more glad that my family was there to witness it all. I’m even entertaining the idea of getting my MBA, but it will have to make sense and be a part of the divine plan for myself and be cost effective. Check out the video of walking across the stage.
