I'm in college because I'm doing it for me.
I'm doing it for my future, my kids, years from now.
I'm also doing it because
my family back home wants me to succeed.
So it's about me, it's about my future,
and it's for my family back home.
I'm a cashier now, and I don't want
to be a cashier for the rest of my life.
The main thing that gives me my drive
to stay working hard and continue to be focused
is that I know I want to be somebody.
I don't wanna just work a job every day.
I want so much more for myself than the average girl.
My parents, they worked in factories,
and they didn't really like it.
They just went to work
for every job that was given to them.
I don't really want to be like that.
Getting a degree is the best thing to do.
Don't just settle for little. Like move up, you know?
College is important because you need the degree,
you get a better, higher-paying job,
to have more perks in life.
Education is the way to go.
It is very important to go to college
because you can go to a place
and tell them, well, I know how to do this,
but can you prove it, 'cause that's how it is nowadays.
If you don't have a paper that says
you have something, they won't basically hire you.
So it is very important to get the knowledge you need.
You might know some, but there will be stuff
that you will learn while you're in college.
Being in society now, if you don't fit in, you're just sideline.
I mean, it's okay to be different,
but education should be like your number one thing to do,
further your education so you can stand out, you know?
College is important to me because
that's the only way I can reach my goal.
Being in college makes me feel
like I'm in control of my own life,
that I can do what it is I want to do, and make a plan,
and achieve all the goals, and make those dreams happen.
What I want people who are not in college right now
to know is that education is the key to success.
Most people, they take that as something that
someone said before, but I know that without education,
I would not have been who I am.
The things I want to say to high school students
right now is, go to college--
it's gonna help your future tremendously.
Job-wise, this should give me an advantage
over people who didn't go to college.
I was in high school, I was naive,
college is gonna help-- trust me.