This is the third in the “Pathway Series” of stories on Cristina Cruz, who is part of the first generation in her family to attend college. Read Part 2 here, which covered Cruz’s adjustment to living on her own for the first time as a freshman at the University of...
This is the third in the “Pathway Series” of stories on Jeremiah Espersen, a retired Army sergeant pursuing a teaching degree at Trinity Baptist College in Jacksonville. Read Part 2 here, which chronicled Espersen’s readjustment to student life after 21...
This is the third in the “Pathway Series” of stories on Melissa Shank, an adult learner in Orlando who is pursuing her bachelor’s degree 20 years after dropping out of high school. Shank will soon take part in the “Money Talks: A Candid Conversation with Florida...
This is the second in the “Pathway Series” of stories on Destiny Jedlicka, an Orlando resident who grew up in Florida’s foster care system. Read Part 1 here, which addressed Jedlicka’s tumultuous childhood and her enrollment at Rollins College at age 29. In Part 2, we...
This is the second in the “Pathway Series” of stories on Cristina Cruz, who is part of the first generation in her family to attend college. Read Part 1 here, which covered Cruz’s move from Mexico City to Naples and why she settled on pursuing a computer engineering...
