Unlike most students who come to Cabrini, my story seems to be a little bit different. After I graduated high school in 2011, I decided to continue my education at Bloomsburg University. While I was there for three years, I studied psychology and had a great time making friends that I will have for a lifetime.
Before I started my senior year, I made probably one of the toughest decisions I have ever made by transferring to a different school. Once I decided transferring to a different school was the best for me education wise, it was a no-brainer that Cabrini was the place for me.
My oldest sister works in the Academic Affairs office and my other sister was graduating in the Fall of 2014– not to mention the small environment assured me that I would be able to get help from my professors and classmates.
Since elementary school, I had always thought school was going to be my biggest struggle in life, and for the most part it was. With a learning disability and lack of self-confidence, the thought of graduating made me sick to my stomach because I never thought it would actually be possible.
From the start of fall 2014 to spring 2016, my perspective of school has completely changed. I ended up chang- ing my major to communications and started playing volleyball again. Changing my major was probably the second best decision that I have ever made. The communications department has pushed me to do things I never thought I would do and has given me the ability to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
I see a future for myself for the first time in a very long time, doing something that I love to do. I can finally see myself walking across that stage to receive my diploma and hopefully graduating with a full-time job working in public relations.
If I could change anything about my experience here at Cabrini, I honestly would not. I believe everything happens for a reason. I was meant to go to Bloomsburg to find my forever friends, but I was also meant to come to Cabrini to find a career I am passionate about.
If it were not for Cabrini, I would probably be in a major that is not for me and that light at the end of the tunnel would be further than it is today. The professors and students that I share the same major with have honestly changed my life. I have grown so much since I graduated high school, more than I ever thought was possible.
Cabrini College used to be a place I would come to visit my sisters at whenever I would be in the area. I can now say that Cabrini is my home and a place that has given me hope that I can live a life I have always dreamed of.
