I chose to go back to school because of my children. I’m going for Healthcare Administrative Science at Roosevelt University in Schaumburg IL. I would like to work maybe in a hospital or for an organization. I like to do administrative work like processing paperwork and helping people in different situations; kind of like Social Work.
Because of COVID, I’m taking classes online. I finished up at Harper College, which is out here in Palatine Illinois. They have a program through Harper College called the University Program where they have a partnership with colleges like Roosevelt and Northern Illinois University and a couple of other colleges. Harper College’s University Program provides lower tuition, so I won’t have to pay the full price of going to a university.
Support is important; especially having family support. I have my husband, my mother, and my family members. They help out with the children. So, if it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be able to complete anything. I was just working. And since I am a mother, I had to start and stop, start and stop. For awhile, I was like, “I can’t go. I might as well not go back to school for awhile.” I was thinking like that. I’d tell myself, “I need to work. I need to work.” I realized that if I fell into that trap of, “I need to work”, I would have never completed anything. You have to think about the long term versus what situation that you’re presently in.
I study late at night or early in the morning. I go late at night when they the kids are asleep. Sometimes I wake up before they do and my husband, he keeps them and closes the door to let me get my alone time. My children inspired me to go back to school. I had my oldest at such a young age. I just wanted to be a good example for them. I wanted to let them know that no matter what road you go down, what mistakes you make, you can correct those mistakes. Basically, me going back to school is to show them that no matter what you’re doing, it’s not too late to reset and start over. I was 30 years old when I had my daughter, but my oldest son, I had him when I was 16. Even though I made the situation harder for myself, it wasn’t impossible for me to turn it around and start a new chapter for my life.
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