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Alexis Riccardo

Posted inOpinion

STUDENT VOICE: Higher education can — and should — help nontraditional students like me

by Alexis Riccardo September 13, 2022September 9, 2022

I grew up knowing I wanted to graduate high school and pursue a college degree. I aspired to be a chemical engineer and had big dreams of curing cancer and AIDS. However, I was raised in a chaotic household that left me unprepared, both financially and emotionally, for managing college life. That deprived me of […]

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