alternative route. This search led me to the Great Lakes Bay Early College (GLBEC) program. This program would allow me to complete my high school requirements while earning college credits. Despite the fact that I was a cheerleader and it meant leaving behind people I had been friends with for years, I knew GLBEC was an opportunity I could not pass up. It was at the beginning of my junior year of high school that I left my comfort zone and began the GLBEC program.
As a fifteen…
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