Veterans and civilians
Why Bryana can’t wait:
I am a college student at Humboldt State University (HSU), and I am married to a Navy veteran who is also attending HSU. We both dream of the day when we will be able to help others. We intend to be teachers, foster parents, and animal rescuers. There are so many opportunities to help others!
My husband and I were both raised poor. We are living off of the financial aid that the government has graced us with and the GI Bill that the government has given my husband as thanks for his service. I also work a minimum-wage job cashiering on campus, and we share a two-bedroom apartment with three other people just to make sure that we can afford our food and bills. This is not how I imagined entering my adult married life: still in school, working minimum wage, and having roommates.
We realize how lucky we are to have one another, our good health, and my meager job, but with graduation looming in the spring for the both of us… we are terrified. For the first time in my life I will no longer be a student, and I will have to use my degree to acquire a position somewhere. Hundreds of thousands of graduates enter the market each spring and fall with bright expectations and hefty amounts of debt.
Must it always be this way? We cannot wait.
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