Savannah is a recipient of a full basketball scholarship and is the first in her family to attend college. “I want to be a role model for my nieces, and I want my family to be proud of me. “Growing up I saw my mom struggle, and I knew I didn’t want that for my…
College was always something Shelby wanted to do, and she is the first in her family to go. “I watched my dad struggle as he finished high school with a 3-year-old. He and my sister both encouraged me to do better and go to college.”
Ahyiona is the first in her family to attend college and “always wanted to go to college to play basketball.”
She the recipient of a full athletic scholarship, which she has been on since she came to PSC in the fall of 2016. “I wanted to come to PSC because of the coaches, and I wanted to help be a part of rebuilding the program.”
Jensen wants to see the world from all angles, “to be able to say I’ve been different places and not just in Florida my whole life.”
Jensen’s interests go beyond sports, as she is looking toward majoring in criminology. “I like anything to do with counter intelligence. I know there’s a big program in the Air Force with that. I’d look into going into the military possibly to work in the field in there.”
For math major Tiffany, college is a way of learning what she loves so that she can do what she loves: calculus and physics. “I wake up every morning and think optimistically,” Tiffany says, who deals with family illnesses and financial struggles. “I try to take things day by day.” Tiffany just wants to help…
For Sarah, her third college journey began with a long-lost letter. “Recently, my grandmother passed away, and as I was helping my grandfather go through items in the house, I found a letter that I wrote to my grandmother when I was in the 5th grade saying that I wanted to be a doctor and work…
Nick is working to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a National Geographic landscape photographer. Nick has a pre-nursing degree and planned to move forward with a nursing degree, but his last semester, he took a photography class and fell in love with it. “I enjoy taking candids of people.” Going to college was something…
Daryl biggest struggle is juggling life–both on and off the court. Daryl is getting his A.A. in general studies. His love of sports isn’t limited to playing them. “If the NBA doesn’t work out, I hope to be doing broadcasting–maybe in Los Angeles, New York, or a bigger city where there are more opportunities. I’m looking…
Austin’s dream job was to be an NBA player, “but I truly want to work in education,” teaching either high school history or literature. Though he knows a teacher’s salary doesn’t pay much, he admits that he doesn’t need much. When it comes to the educational assistance he’s received from donors, he says, “I am…
Tracy Carpenter’s dream job is a career she made up.
“I am actually doing some research on how to write grants. I started a documentary project titled ‘People of Substance.’ I interview men who are currently in the process of transitioning from addiction dependence to recovery — documenting their process, seeing where they are.