"All of the teachers the first day said 'Contact us if you're having troubles' and they made true on their word. If you contact them for extra tutoring, they're right there and ready to make the difference and help you get the grades you need."

"I just want [my son] to know that whatever he wants to do in life, he can do it. I don’t want someone to tell him, ‘No, you can’t do it, that’s impossible.’ I want him to come out of this as not only being proud of me as his mother, but also knowing that the impossible is possible for him."

"Since my time as an Army medic, I have always enjoyed the idea of helping people, and I've always found the human body and medicine to be very fascinating. I haven't found a job that can replicate the same feeling as a job in the medical field."