“It doesn't matter where you come from' - An award-winning student at Weber State has very good reason to be proud; just a few years ago, she was homeless and had just over $2 to her name.
Jessica Stratton, a straight-A computer science major won the Student Pathway Award last month, but her road to this achievement included a homeless stretch after leaving a problematic home at 18.
“At that time, I could eat, or I could go to school,” she said. “School got put on the back burner. I kept telling myself, when things get a little bit smoother, when I get a raise, then I’ll start looking at school.” She credits her mother, who she lost to ovarian cancer in 2020, with instilling the importance of education to her and her four siblings.
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