-: It's been a pleasure working in the position I'm in
because I'm a student that has benefited
from all of the programs that I'm responsible for.
So I was a part of the Lancaster Partnership Program,
and that program is a program that now I'm responsible for,
but it's a program that gave me the opportunity
to understand what college was.
And so when I decided, I was the first in my family
that I wanted to attend college,
my parents had not idea, like okay, how do we do this?
And that partnership program is what helped me
bridge the not knowing, and helped me
get into Millersville, and provided me
some financial assistance and helped me with a fast foot.
So for me it's like giving back to the very program
that helped me start.
The biggest challenge the think I face
is that we living in challenging times
and education has become more and more expensive,
and funding is becoming more and more scare,
and so me, a lot of what I do is providing
that hope and providing that opportunity.
And so it can be challenging when you do meet
special cases where yes, the financial piece is difficult.
And so really working with community partners
and finding ways to help students
still see that education is possible for them.
It can be a challenging thing when the price tag
is pretty high and we know that it's expensive.
And taking on that financial responsibility
and saying, yes, I wanna do this,
it's a big deal for a 17, 18 year old person,
so it's definitely the challenging times
with the cost of education, it's been more
and more challenging because parents and students
are worried about that financial piece,
but really getting past that has been really big for us.