Attending a two-year community college
before going off to a 4-year university
was the best plan for me.
I'm from a from a very small town, I had 35 people in my graduating class.
So I don't know that I was quite ready to go off to a major university right out of high school.
As the first person to attend and graduate college in my family with limited financial resources,
I really had no idea how to navigate the college waters.
My parents didn't have all the answers,
I had to find those answers on my own and rely on the professors at the community college.
The scholarship opportunities there and the financial aid resources were endless.
I ultimately ended up leaving Enterprise State Community College and graduating from there debt free.
I was blessed to get an internship with former Alabama Governor Robert Bently,
I interned with him for a year in his press office
and it wasn't long after graduation that I was brought on into the press office,
and now I'm with the League of Municipalities.
My education is one of the most prized possessions I have.
Most recently I was selected as one of 30 women who are shaping the state in Alabama.
There were times in college where I didn't know if I could pay a certain bill
I didn't know if my tuition was going to be paid for and,
those were struggles, those were real struggles
that I'm so fortunate that I don't have now
but to know that my hard work had paid off and
the struggle had paid off,
that's what that award had embodied for me.
