My journey to gateway has been one that I am very thankful I took! Before I heard about Gateway I was not going anywhere with my life. I was living day by day seating in front of a T.V screen, crying at nights because I was pregnant and didn’t have much to offer to the life that I was carrying inside of me.
I knew how to hide very well how miserable I really was, and thinking of myself as a loser. That thought crossed my mind often and it didn’t help that My mother would tell me who my younger sister would graduate before me and this and that. Don’t get me wrong I am very proud that my sister didn’t commit the same mistake I did but I couldn’t help to be jealous of her. I didn’t like having that feeling of jealousy towards my sister that’s when I decided to get a GED. I went a few times but it was wasn’t a consistent thing I never felt comfortable with the fact that by the time I was done it wasn’t a High School Diploma that was going to be handed to me.
After trying to better myself with a GED it just never worked for me. I gave up on going, thankfully my moms friend who also happens to be a former employee in the Gateway To College program told me and my mom about it. I loved it right there and then I was happy that not only was I going to receive a high school diploma but also I was going to receive college credits foe FREE not everyone gets that lucky.
Gateway was my way! The opportunity that I will forever be grateful for!!
