The time had come and seniors were making their announcements on where they were continuing their education. For me, I hadn’t even started looking at schools. I was so far behind and having parents who didn’t attend college made me feel like I was doing the college process all alone. I was overwhelmed with everything. The applications, the essay, the school visits, all of it. I kept asking myself “How am I suppose to find a school I like and would want to spend the next four years at?”. Thankfully, I had an amazing teacher, Mrs. Cloutier, that took me under her wing and walked me through the steps. Without her I don’t think I would have even attended college.

While I got accepted into Plymouth State back in 2015, I decided against it. I wanted to be close to my parents and ultimately decided that Nashua Community College is where I would start out. A little over a year there I started looking at different schools. I wanted to remain close to home but I wanted to live on a campus and actually get the whole college experience. I had decided to apply to NHTI, not because I liked the school but because they had a soccer team and I desperately needed to get back into the sport. I was accepted into NHTI and had contact with the NHTI girls soccer coach. I was ready to play soccer at the college level and I had never been this excited about a new team!