Forging Your Own Path: One Woman’s Story of Lifelong Growth

Forging Your Own Path: One Woman’s Story of Lifelong Growth

Students will learn about the life choices that led Yolanda Medina to decline a full college scholarship to join the U.S. Marine Corps – and the path that eventually led her back to college and bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Today Medina is director of the UW-Milwaukee Military and Veterans Resource Center and about to start a doctoral program.

Duration: 2-3 Class Periods
Grades: 9-12, college, community

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