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I thought it would be an important piece to share my \u201cstudent success story,\u201d most importantly, one that started here at St. Petersburg College. In fall 2011, I began my degree as an early admissions student. I graduated from Seminole High School in 2012 while I simultaneously completed my first year of college. As a Presidential Scholar, I finished my Associate’s degree at the Seminole campus at no cost to me. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thereafter, I transferred to the University of South Florida and graduated in 2016 with a B.S. degree in Secondary Social Science Education. Working with students, I soon came to realize that I enjoyed helping my students navigate through decision-making more than I liked teaching them civics and economics, so I continued my education at the University of Florida. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Flashing forward to May 2019, I received a Master\u2019s degree in Education as well as an Education Specialist degree in Mental Health and School Counseling. In addition to my counseling program\u2019s coursework, I was able to teach human growth and development to undergraduate students, enriching my life as well as the 250 students I taught from 2017 to 2019. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n So I bet you\u2019re wondering, why did I keep going? How did I figure out what I wanted to do? Quite frankly, there were nights studying, working, and lesson planning when I wondered myself. But I promise you, every single sleepless night was worth it. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n At SPC, I had faculty and advisors that believed in me and inspired me daily to channel my strengths, and more importantly, to persevere. I not only get to do what I love, but I also get to learn along with staff and students who have the same drive and passion as me. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n As I look back on where my journey began, I am astonished at how far I have come, and all of the people who had faith in me to live out my goals and dreams. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTwo\nroads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and\nthat has made all the difference<\/strong>\u201d – Robert Frost (1916)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jennifer Johnston, an alum of St. Petersburg College, returned to the college with a bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree to join the Career Services team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1896,"featured_media":9295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,106],"tags":[],"coauthors":[130],"class_list":["post-9293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-news","category-featured"],"yoast_head":"\r\n