-: UNA was not my initial path,
but it was the path that led me to success.
I met some very amazing professors
that encouraged me and guide me within my department
and led me to Arkansas State,
which is where I got my graduate degree from.
It wasn't on my radar, but it was recommended to me
in a way that I tried.
And I succeeded,
because UNA helped me lay the foundation
to understand and grow from what I had gotten here,
beyond that, into that graduate program.
Without the foundation at UNA, and without that setup,
I would not have been able to succeed
or complete my doctorate education
and be where I'm at today.