How to get your master’s degree as a WOC

Grow up with a love of reading (thank you parents)

Live in a predominately white town with a clear distinction of you and them

Have incredible teachers who make learning fun

Be one of the only POC in your high school AP classes

Take your school work so seriously you don’t have time for a job

Be so introverted you don’t have a social life

Feel so ready to leave your hometown you enroll in so many colleges (I’ll get in to at least one)

Enjoy the diversity of your new surroundings

Connect with your new peers

After excitement wears off, absorb yourself in schoolwork

Feel the need to leave again

Graduate early and decide on more school (cause why not?)

Be excited about new adventures

Start to question your worth and goals

Get distracted by life

Work, school, work, school

Graduate wondering if it was worth it

Celeste, MPH

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