A Brief Biography of Dian Fossey

Her life changed so rapidly, going from outgoing to a shut-in, laughed at due to her iniquities. Not wanted to deal with the frustrations of public school, she decided to go to Lexington School for the Deaf. She exceled there (well rounded) and was valedictorian her last 2 years

As a result, she lacked confidence in her education. She stated, “My early education did not partake of the abundant opportunities which the present day affords and which even our common schools now afford. I was never sent to any school; I was always sick.” Even though she did not attend a formal school it did not put her out of reach of a proper education (Peterson, 9).

on the atmosphere in which she was living. The scholarship being taken away from her,

She was responsible, stood up to Trujillo, and followed her dreams to go to college and obtain a

college. Even though she might have grown up with a hard life, she fought for different ways to

She eventually decided on what she wanted to study at the university and continued on to

Starting at a young age she had a fascination with taking note and sketching the animals she observed in the wild. She also had a love for reading about animal behavior and zoology. In 1850 she received her school certificate two years later she received a higher education. She had always dreamed of going to africa so when she left school at age 28 she started to save up for her long awaited trip to africa.

The Great Depression was an event in history which no one saw coming. Franklin D. Roosevelt was left with the mess Herbert Hoover started during his presidency. The stock market crash was the beginning of a chain reaction of inadequate events. So what was the Stock Market Crash? The Stock Market Crash was a time where there was a high unemployment rate. Having gone through severe unemployment, and food shortages the American people were beginning to lose hope. After FDR came into office people began to regain hope, because of his New Deals. His New Deals would bring Relief, Recovery, and Reform. He presented Types of New

After high school, she left her hometown of Durango, a place she called “a wonderful place to grow up,” in order to fuel that spark. She earned her undergraduate degree in Biology and Athletic Training from Adams State College before continuing on to Physical Therapy school at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver.

Se told us her life story and about the choices she made in her life. She shared that her mother was an alcoholic and her parents were divorced. She said she used to always would hangout with the wrong crowd. One day however in home economics she decided to not do drugs with her friends and thats when her life started to change. She later left her mom and got ahold of her dad who helped fund her schooling at a privet catholic school only if she payed for half. After attending school she decided to go off to college were her prefacer later told her she could push to get her masters. Later she even got her doctorates. We then returned to our small group discussion we talked about what sort of choices we have had to make in college so far and how have they affected

Shenitta Niles is on her third semester at Roxbury Community College. She got her high school diploma back in 2011 from Charles Town high school. She originally started out at Bunker Hill Community College, but later transferred to Roxbury Community College due to the low cost, convenience and transportation. Although she is a mother of a young child, she attends the college full time pursuing a major in early childhood education. Constantly being around her daughter and other young children has inspired her to pursue that career. She isn’t sure on the type of field she hopes to work at once she finishes her associate’s degree, but she will continue on to a four year college pursuing this path. Nevertheless, a long term goal of hers is to

18 years ago, Andrea Mungia was born in Phoenix, Arizona on the day of October 3rd 1996. She was brought in to this world by two wonderful people she now calls her parents, also year’s beforehand she has been accompanied by 3 beautiful sisters. Munguia went to Ironwood High School where she joined the high school Varsity soccer team, while she was taking classes in dance. For several years, she had to deal with having braces and working at payless, and now is dealing with wearing glasses due to her astigmatism. Throughout her life Munguia always wanted to be a veterinarian and so she graduated high school in 2015 and now is currently on track to meeting her career goals. In spite of that her ambition on becoming a veterinarian is phenomenal,

She would recall this event later on in her writing, in which she accused leaders of the company of using unfair tactics to put not only her father, but many other small oil companies out of business. As for schooling, she graduated at the head of her high school class in Titusville and went on to study at Allegheny College in 1876. She also graduated there in 1880 as the only woman of the class. After graduation, she began her career as a teacher in Poland, a city in Ohio. She taught geology, geometry and trigonometry classes as well as multiple languages. After two years of working in that profession, she realized teaching was not for her and that she enjoyed writing a lot more- this prompted her to pursue a career as a journalist

She is a mother, a sister, a student and a classmate she is Rosie Monroe. Rosie is a 55-year-old woman who in her “golden years” as she called them decided to come back and attend college, Gateway Technical College. She is attending Gateway to get her degree in business, her hopes are to graduate in 2018 “I hope to make it sooner by the grace of God” she said. After she graduates she is planning to some day will own her own business. Once she has her own business, “I will be helping young people with their school work in the areas where they are having problems, and I will be taking care of the younger generation as a child care provider. Still helping the community in a positive way.” Just like she is a student at Gateway

Her parents were there and they were supporting her. After the ceremony when Jordyn received her diploma her parents said that they had exciting news. Even though they opened her mail, they told her that she had been accepted into SCAD ( Savannah College of Art and Design ) in Savannah, Georgia. This was a surprise to Jordyn because she didn't remember sending in an art piece yet. That is when her parents told her that they had sent in the piece she drew of her grandmother using words to describe what made her such a good woman. Also the had even more news for her. Her parents told her that they would support her dreams of being an artist and that they would pay for all 4 years of college. At this point Jordyn started crying and thanked her parents for their support. Finally Jordyn remembered the words she heard the in her head the day her grandmother died. " Jordyn be strong, you will have a very hard time but, in the end you will succeed." Now Jordyn finally understood what she meant and she thanked her grandmother in