7 YEARS LATER
YOLANDA
I walk down the stage, holding my Bachelor’s in my hand. I am a c*m-laude, and everyone is screaming, whistling, and chanting for me because I made the school proud by achieving distinctions in all my modules. I am a top student with almost every award. This proved to me and every woman out there with a child that was ever told they would not make it that everything is possible. I am twenty-eight years old today with my almost seven-year-old son, who has never left my side, and I managed to finish my studies.
I am finally a licensed physician, and I couldn’t be prouder of myself. I did it through all the obstacles I had to tumble upon. Trust me, it was not easy, especially a few months after I went back to school. I was a year behind, I had people judging me, tal
