Kristine: WELCOME BACK.
BEING A COLLEGE STURE IS NO WALK
IN THE PARK.
YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO
MULTITASK AND JUGGLE EVERYTHING
TO OVERCOME ALL THOSE OBSTACLES.
HOW CAN YOU DO THAT?
JOINING US WITH TIPS IS ALDEA
KEKUMA, STUDENT AT ARGOSY
UNIVERSITY.
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
YOU'RE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.
YOU'RE STUDYING PSYCHOLOGY.
THAT?
GROWING UP, I THINK I WAS
ALWAYS DRAWN TO SERVICING
PEOPLE.
I DON'T LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE
SUFFER.
I ALSO GREW UP WITH A SISTER
WHO'S COMPLETELY BLIND.
I HAVE TWO SISTERS WHO ARE
TWINS.
BECAUSE THEY WERE PREMATURE,
ALLANI GREW UP COMPLETELY BLIND.
WE GREW UP AROUND HER.
IT BECAME MY PASSION, MY
INSPIRATION TO CONTINUE.
Kristine: AND WE'RE LOOKING
AT SOME OF YOUR PICTURES.
YES.
Kristine: OKAY.
OBSTACLE FOR YOU TO OVERCOME IN
GOING BACK TO SCHOOL?
WHEN I DECIDED TO GO BACK TO
SCHOOL, I WAS 31.
I HAD GOTTEN MARRIED AND I WAS A
STAY AT HOME MOM.
SERVICING PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES.
I REALIZED I COULD NOT GO ON
WITHOUT AN EDUCATION.
I DECIDED WHEN I WAS 31 I WAS A
STAY AT HOME MOM WITH MY SON.
I DO NOT WANT TO SACRIFICE MY
FAMILY LIFE.
SO ARGOSY WAS THE BEST OPTIONS
FOR ME.
BALANCE FOR MY LIFE.
Kristine: WHAT HAS BEEN
AT ARGOSY?
SO FAR, MY BEST EXPERIENCES
WAS THE DISCUSSIONS.
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I WAS IN A
BAD CAR ACCIDENT.
AND I SUFFERED A SEVERE BRAIN
HEMORRHAGE THAT LEFT ME WITH
SHORT-TERM MEMORY LOSS.
I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHO PEOPLE
WERE.
I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHAT THINGS
WERE CALLS.
IT LEFT ME STUTTERING FOR YEARS.
IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS I FOUND
MYSELF.
I FOUND MY OPINION.
I LEARNED ABOUTTH WORLD AND
WHERE I STOOD.
AND I CAN OVERCOME ANY OF THESE
THINGS.
THE ONLY THING LIMITING ME WAS
MYSELF.
THOSE DISCUSSIONS WERE
IMPORTANT.
Kristine: SEEMS LIKE ARGOSY
ISN'T JUST GIVING YOU AN
EDUCATION BUT GIVING YOU
CONFIDENCE AND TO FIND YOUR
PASSION.
IT'S GIVEN ME THE LIFE I
ALWAYS KNEW I COULD HAVE.
THAT I LIMITED MYSELF FROM
BEFORE.
AND NOW THAT I'M GRADUATING WITH
MY B.A., I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
ENTERING THE CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
PROGRAM IN THE FALL.
Kristine: CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU.
Kristine: IS THERE ANYONE
YOU WANT TO -- ANYTHING YOU WANT
TO TELL FUTURE STUDENTS?
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE
JUGGLING SO MUCH AND THINK THEY
HAVE SO MANY OBSTACLES.
YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO BE YOUR
OWN BEST FRIEND.
YOU NEED TO PUT YOURSELF FIRST
SOMETIMES AND UNDERSTAND THAT IF
YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER WITHIN
YOURSELF, TO CONTROL YOUR LIFE
AND WHERE IT GOES, YOU CAN'T
HELP ANYBODY ELSE.
YOU SOMETIMES ESPECIALLY IN
HAWAI'I WE LIKE TO BE HUMBLE AND
SAY, NO, THAT'S NOT ME.
YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON STOPPING
YOURSELF FROM BEING THE PERSON
YOU WERE MEANT TO BE.
INVEST IN YOURSELF AND YOUR
FUTURE, YOUR EDUCATION.
THAT'S YOUR ONLY LIFE THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO GET.
AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR
POSSIBILITIES CAN BE.
YOU NEED TO INVEST IN YOUR
POTENTIAL AND REALLY BE
COMMITTED TO YOUR FUTURE, TO
YOUR LIFE.
Kristine: CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Kristine: 31 YEARS OLD.
NOW YOU'RE GETTING A B.A. IN
PSYCHOLOGY.
YOU REMIND ME OF WHAT MY MOM
USED TO TELL ME, EDUCATION IS
SOMETHING NO ONE CAN TAKE AWAY
FROM YOU.
THANK YOU.
Kristine: GOOD LUCK.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW WANTS
ARGOSY UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
CONTEST.
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