U-M students flee Bay Area for refuge in Ann Arbor
The stereotype for Generation Y is fleeing Michigan for the Bay Area. Meet a talented, young woman who made the reverse stereotypical migration and is loving it.Excerpt:For some young people, school is something from which to escape. Not so for Janasha Higgins.Higgins, now 23, has long turned to her studies as a way to take a break from a tough family life — and as a means to get ahead.”School’s been my sanity,” said Higgins, “and my mentors helped me a lot, too.”The 2004 graduate of the Alameda Community Learning Center earned a degree from San Francisco State University, where she majored in psychology, in 2009. She’s currently completing a master’s in social work at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and will soon begin a doctorate program there in psychology and social work.Read the rest of the story here.
The stereotype for Generation Y is fleeing Michigan for the Bay Area. Meet a talented, young woman who made the reverse stereotypical migration and is loving it.
Excerpt:
For some young people, school is something from which to escape. Not so for Janasha Higgins.
Higgins, now 23, has long turned to her studies as a way to take a break from a tough family life — and as a means to get ahead.
“School’s been my sanity,” said Higgins, “and my mentors helped me a lot, too.”
The 2004 graduate of the Alameda Community Learning Center earned a degree from San Francisco State University, where she majored in psychology, in 2009. She’s currently completing a master’s in social work at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and will soon begin a doctorate program there in psychology and social work.
Read the rest of the story here.
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