{"id":122,"date":"2022-07-29T02:33:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T02:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/testbridgetohope\/?page_id=122"},"modified":"2026-06-18T10:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:49:09","slug":"student-voices-and-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/bridgetohope\/student-voices-and-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"top\" aria-labelledby=\"student-voices-title\" style=\"max-width: 1100px;margin: 0 auto 32px auto;padding: 0 16px;line-height: 1.65;font-size: 16px;color: #222;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\n\n  <section aria-labelledby=\"student-voices-title\" style=\"margin: 0 0 30px 0;border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;background: #f7fbff;border-radius: 28px;overflow: hidden\">\n\n    <div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: stretch;margin: 0;padding: 0\">\n\n      <div style=\"flex: 1 1 390px;padding: 36px 28px;background: #ffffff\">\n\n        <p style=\"margin: 0 0 12px 0;color: #005ea8;font-weight: bold;letter-spacing: 0.04em;text-transform: uppercase\">\n          Bridge to Hope\n        <\/p>\n\n     \n\n        <p style=\"font-size: 19px;margin: 0 0 16px 0;color: #263238\">\n          Stories from Bridge to Hope students and alumni.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <p style=\"font-size: 17px;margin: 0 0 22px 0;color: #0b3f35\">\n          <strong>Real experiences from student parents who used education, campus support, and student employment to move toward stability, opportunity, and long-term success.<\/strong>\n        <\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n  <\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/testbridgetohope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/06\/Bridge-to-Hope-helped-me-stay-in-school-care-for-my-family-and-believe-I-could-finish-my-degree.-2.mp4\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;gap: 24px;margin: 18px 0;padding: 0\">\n\n      <article style=\"border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;border-left: 8px solid #005ea8;background: #ffffff;border-radius: 24px;padding: 24px;overflow: hidden\">\n\n        <div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 24px;align-items: flex-start;margin: 0;padding: 0\">\n\n          <div style=\"width: 230px;max-width: 100%;min-width: 220px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0\">\n            <div style=\"width: 230px;max-width: 100%;height: 230px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;border-radius: 24px;background: #f7fbff;border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;line-height: 0;font-size: 0\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/testbridgetohope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/06\/Jennifer.png\" alt=\"Jennifer\" style=\"display: block !important;width: 100% !important;height: 230px !important;max-width: none !important;object-fit: cover !important;object-position: center center !important;margin: 0 !important;padding: 0 !important;border: 0 !important;vertical-align: top !important\">\n            <\/div>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 12px 0 0 0;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #111\">\n              Jennifer\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div style=\"flex: 1 1 560px\">\n            <p style=\"display: inline-block;margin: 0 0 12px 0;background: #f7fbff;color: #005ea8;font-weight: bold;padding: 6px 12px;border-radius: 999px\">\n              Education and Work Support\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              After graduating with my associate degree from Leeward Community College, I transferred to 糖心视频 West O\u02bbahu. I signed up with Bridge to Hope right away and was able to work as a research assistant for two professors, as well as an assistant to the campus Career Services specialist.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              Bridge to Hope was an invaluable asset to me right off the bat. As a mother of four boys, I found it was an extraordinary challenge to juggle a full-time class load, a job, an internship, and duties at home. The Bridge to Hope program made it possible. The flexible hours, as well as the support and true friendship that I received from my supervisor, Dr. Joyce Chinen, made it an extremely positive experience for me.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0;font-weight: bold\">\n              \u2014 Jennifer\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/article>\n\n      <article style=\"border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;border-left: 8px solid #4b7f52;background: #ffffff;border-radius: 24px;padding: 24px;overflow: hidden\">\n\n        <div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 24px;align-items: flex-start;margin: 0;padding: 0\">\n\n          <div style=\"width: 230px;max-width: 100%;min-width: 220px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0\">\n            <div style=\"width: 230px;max-width: 100%;height: 230px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;border-radius: 24px;background: #f7fff8;border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;line-height: 0;font-size: 0\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/testbridgetohope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/06\/Keikilani.png\" alt=\"Keikilani\" style=\"display: block !important;width: 100% !important;height: 230px !important;max-width: none !important;object-fit: cover !important;object-position: center center !important;margin: 0 !important;padding: 0 !important;border: 0 !important;vertical-align: top !important\">\n            <\/div>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 12px 0 0 0;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #111\">\n              Keikilani\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 2px 0 0 0;text-align: center;font-size: 14px;color: #555;line-height: 1.4\">\n              糖心视频 M\u0101noa, MS Library &amp; Info Science\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div style=\"flex: 1 1 560px\">\n            <p style=\"display: inline-block;margin: 0 0 12px 0;background: #f7fff8;color: #2f5f38;font-weight: bold;padding: 6px 12px;border-radius: 999px\">\n              What Bridge to Hope Means\n            <\/p>\n\n            <h3 style=\"font-size: 24px;line-height: 1.25;margin: 0 0 12px 0;color: #111\">\n              What does Bridge To Hope mean?\n            <\/h3>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 12px 0\">\n              <strong>To me, Bridge To Hope literally means \u201cbridge to hope.\u201d<\/strong> It is\u2026\n            <\/p>\n\n            <ul style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 24px;padding: 0\">\n              <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\"><strong>A bridge for single parents<\/strong> like myself\u2014desperately seeking a better quality of life for our children.<\/li>\n              <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\"><strong>A bridge to post-secondary education<\/strong>\u2014to build a stable, consistent, and safe home life for our children.<\/li>\n              <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px\"><strong>A bridge out of poverty<\/strong>\u2014so our children won\u2019t have to experience poverty as adults.<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              The Bridge to Hope Program provided me with academic and personal support while I attended the University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              I was enrolled in Urban Planning, and my work with Hawai\u02bbi Council for the Humanities\u2019 Motheread\/Fatheread Program and Alu Like (Native Hawaiian Library Literacy Services) encouraged me to pursue my Master\u2019s in Library and Information Science.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0\">\n              <em>Bridge To Hope Graduate:<\/em> <strong>Keikilani<\/strong> (糖心视频 M\u0101noa, MS Library &amp; Info Science)\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/article>\n\n      <article style=\"border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;border-left: 8px solid #6a4fb3;background: #ffffff;border-radius: 24px;padding: 24px;overflow: hidden\">\n\n        <div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 24px;align-items: flex-start;margin: 0;padding: 0\">\n\n          <div style=\"width: 230px;max-width: 100%;min-width: 220px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0\">\n            <div style=\"width: 230px;max-width: 100%;height: 230px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;border-radius: 24px;background: #fbfbff;border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;line-height: 0;font-size: 0\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/testbridgetohope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/06\/Kathy.png\" alt=\"Kathy\" style=\"display: block !important;width: 100% !important;height: 230px !important;max-width: none !important;object-fit: cover !important;object-position: 34% center !important;margin: 0 !important;padding: 0 !important;border: 0 !important;vertical-align: top !important\">\n            <\/div>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 12px 0 0 0;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #111\">\n              Kathy\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 2px 0 0 0;text-align: center;font-size: 14px;color: #555;line-height: 1.4\">\n              糖心视频 M\u0101noa, BSW Social Work\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div style=\"flex: 1 1 560px\">\n            <p style=\"display: inline-block;margin: 0 0 12px 0;background: #fbfbff;color: #6a4fb3;font-weight: bold;padding: 6px 12px;border-radius: 999px\">\n              Practical and Emotional Support\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              After surviving domestic violence and a difficult custody battle, I needed to start over at age 40 while supporting my child with disabilities. I often wondered how I could provide the time and parenting support my child needed while also working and attending school.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              I am deeply grateful for the Bridge to Hope (BTH) program and for how much I benefited from it. Throughout my educational journey, BTH coordinators helped me build work schedules that did not conflict with my classes, guided me in navigating the First-to-Work (FTW) program, and consistently connected me to campus and community resources\u2014along with encouragement and emotional support.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              This program provided the practical support I needed to achieve my educational and career goals as a single-parent student. After nine semesters of BTH support, I am proud to share that I graduated with my BSW in Social Work <em>magna cum laude<\/em> and obtained employment at The Queen\u2019s Hospital in the Social Services Department.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0\">\n              <strong>\u2014 Kathy<\/strong> (糖心视频 M\u0101noa, BSW Social Work)\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/article>\n\n      <article style=\"border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;border-left: 8px solid #d9822b;background: #ffffff;border-radius: 24px;padding: 24px;overflow: hidden\">\n\n        <div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 24px;align-items: flex-start;margin: 0;padding: 0\">\n\n          <div style=\"width: 230px;max-width: 100%;min-width: 220px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0\">\n            <div style=\"width: 230px;max-width: 100%;height: 230px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;border-radius: 24px;background: #fffaf4;border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;line-height: 0;font-size: 0\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/testbridgetohope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/06\/Nanette.png\" alt=\"Nanette\" style=\"display: block !important;width: 100% !important;height: 230px !important;max-width: none !important;object-fit: cover !important;object-position: 34% center !important;margin: 0 !important;padding: 0 !important;border: 0 !important;vertical-align: top !important\">\n            <\/div>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 12px 0 0 0;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #111\">\n              Nanette\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 2px 0 0 0;text-align: center;font-size: 14px;color: #555;line-height: 1.4\">\n              Kapi\u02bbolani CC, AA &amp; 糖心视频 M\u0101noa, BA Psychology\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div style=\"flex: 1 1 560px\">\n            <p style=\"display: inline-block;margin: 0 0 12px 0;background: #fffaf4;color: #9b5a00;font-weight: bold;padding: 6px 12px;border-radius: 999px\">\n              Alumni Giving Back\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              Nanette started at Kapi\u02bbolani Community College and then transferred to the University of Hawai\u02bbi at M\u0101noa, where she worked at the Women\u2019s Center. Returning to 糖心视频 M\u0101noa as an academic advisor, she now assists student parents and continues to be a resource for Bridge to Hope (BTH) students.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0\">\n              <strong>\u2014 Nanette<\/strong> (Kapi\u02bbolani CC, AA &amp; 糖心视频 M\u0101noa, BA Psychology)\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/article>\n\n    \n\n      <article style=\"border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;border-left: 8px solid #005ea8;background: #ffffff;border-radius: 24px;padding: 24px;overflow: hidden\">\n\n        <div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 24px;align-items: flex-start;margin: 0;padding: 0\">\n\n          <div style=\"width: 230px;max-width: 100%;min-width: 220px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0\">\n            <div style=\"width: 230px;max-width: 100%;height: 230px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;border-radius: 24px;background: #f7fbff;border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;line-height: 0;font-size: 0\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/testbridgetohope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/06\/Heather.png\" alt=\"Heather\" style=\"display: block !important;width: 100% !important;height: 230px !important;max-width: none !important;object-fit: cover !important;object-position: center 34% !important;margin: 0 !important;padding: 0 !important;border: 0 !important;vertical-align: top !important\">\n            <\/div>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 12px 0 0 0;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #111\">\n              Heather\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div style=\"flex: 1 1 560px\">\n            <p style=\"display: inline-block;margin: 0 0 12px 0;background: #f7fbff;color: #005ea8;font-weight: bold;padding: 6px 12px;border-radius: 999px\">\n              Law and Public Service\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              Bridge to Hope helped me at a critical time in my life when I decided to return to school as a single parent. The program connected me to resources I had never even heard of\u2014resources that helped with food and living expenses, and quality day care for my son.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              Without the support I found through Bridge to Hope, I would not have graduated from the William S. Richardson School of Law Evening Part-Time Program. I am currently a Staff Attorney at the Hawai\u02bbi Civil Rights Commission, and I\u2019m grateful to serve our community.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              No matter the circumstances, always follow your dream. Hard work\u2014and the support available at 糖心视频\u2014can get you there. It worked for me, and it can work for you.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0\">\n              <strong>\u2014 Heather<\/strong>\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/article>\n\n      <article style=\"border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;border-left: 8px solid #4b7f52;background: #ffffff;border-radius: 24px;padding: 24px;overflow: hidden\">\n\n        <div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 24px;align-items: flex-start;margin: 0;padding: 0\">\n\n          <div style=\"width: 230px;max-width: 100%;min-width: 220px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0\">\n            <div style=\"width: 230px;max-width: 100%;height: 230px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;border-radius: 24px;background: #f7fff8;border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;line-height: 0;font-size: 0\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/testbridgetohope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/06\/Cheyenne.png\" alt=\"Cheyenne\" style=\"display: block !important;width: 100% !important;height: 230px !important;max-width: none !important;object-fit: cover !important;object-position: center center !important;margin: 0 !important;padding: 0 !important;border: 0 !important;vertical-align: top !important\">\n            <\/div>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 12px 0 0 0;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #111\">\n              Cheyenne\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 2px 0 0 0;text-align: center;font-size: 14px;color: #555;line-height: 1.4\">\n              Kapi\u02bbolani CC; AS Nursing\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div style=\"flex: 1 1 560px\">\n            <p style=\"display: inline-block;margin: 0 0 12px 0;background: #f7fff8;color: #2f5f38;font-weight: bold;padding: 6px 12px;border-radius: 999px\">\n              Nursing and Leadership\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              Thank you, Bridge to Hope (BTH), for all your motivation and support. I\u2019m a home health RN for Kaiser and the chief steward for my department. Without your support, I\u2019m not sure I would be where I am today.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0\">\n              <strong>\u2014 Cheyenne<\/strong> (Kapi\u02bbolani CC; AS Nursing)\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/article>\n\n      <article style=\"border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;border-left: 8px solid #6a4fb3;background: #ffffff;border-radius: 24px;padding: 24px;overflow: hidden\">\n\n        <div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 24px;align-items: flex-start;margin: 0;padding: 0\">\n\n          <div style=\"width: 230px;max-width: 100%;min-width: 220px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0\">\n            <div style=\"width: 230px;max-width: 100%;height: 230px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;border-radius: 24px;background: #fbfbff;border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;line-height: 0;font-size: 0\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/testbridgetohope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/06\/Britney.png\" alt=\"Dr. Britney K. Quibelan\" style=\"display: block !important;width: 100% !important;height: 230px !important;max-width: none !important;object-fit: cover !important;object-position: center 38% !important;margin: 0 !important;padding: 0 !important;border: 0 !important;vertical-align: top !important\">\n            <\/div>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 12px 0 0 0;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #111\">\n              Dr. Britney K. Quibelan\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 2px 0 0 0;text-align: center;font-size: 14px;color: #555;line-height: 1.4\">\n              BTH &amp; 糖心视频 M\u0101noa alumna\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div style=\"flex: 1 1 560px\">\n            <p style=\"display: inline-block;margin: 0 0 12px 0;background: #fbfbff;color: #6a4fb3;font-weight: bold;padding: 6px 12px;border-radius: 999px\">\n              Medical Career and Scholarships\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              <strong>Dr. Britney K. Quibelan<\/strong> (BTH &amp; 糖心视频 M\u0101noa alumna) shares her gratitude for scholarships and her journey from 糖心视频 M\u0101noa to medical school. Her 糖心视频 M\u0101noa graduation photo has long been the face of Bridge to Hope\u2014an inspiration to many.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              When Britney learned she was going to have a baby while she was still in college, she feared her life was over because she thought she would have to quit school to care for her child. \u201cI was on welfare, unable to continue school,\u201d she explained, as a single mother supporting herself and her daughter. Still, she longed to return. \u201cEducation is so important, and it really opens doors,\u201d Quibelan said.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              With the support of her community and loved ones, Britney returned to 糖心视频 M\u0101noa and graduated with double majors in Biology and Women\u2019s Studies. \u201cAlong the way there have been so many people who have really put their time into me and their treasures and efforts,\u201d she shared.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0\">\n              Britney eventually achieved her dream of becoming a physician and graduated from the University of Hawai\u02bbi John A. Burns School of Medicine. Today, <strong>Dr. Britney K. Quibelan, MD<\/strong> practices family medicine on O\u02bbahu.\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/article>\n\n      <article style=\"border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;border-left: 8px solid #d9822b;background: #ffffff;border-radius: 24px;padding: 24px;overflow: hidden\">\n\n        <div style=\"display: flex;flex-wrap: wrap;gap: 24px;align-items: flex-start;margin: 0;padding: 0\">\n\n          <div style=\"width: 230px;max-width: 100%;min-width: 220px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0\">\n            <div style=\"width: 230px;max-width: 100%;height: 230px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;border-radius: 24px;background: #fffaf4;border: 1px solid #d6d6d6;line-height: 0;font-size: 0\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/testbridgetohope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2026\/06\/Camille.png\" alt=\"Camille McComas\" style=\"display: block !important;width: 100% !important;height: 230px !important;max-width: none !important;object-fit: cover !important;object-position: center 42% !important;margin: 0 !important;padding: 0 !important;border: 0 !important;vertical-align: top !important\">\n            <\/div>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 12px 0 0 0;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #111\">\n              Camille McComas\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n          <div style=\"flex: 1 1 560px\">\n            <p style=\"display: inline-block;margin: 0 0 12px 0;background: #fffaf4;color: #9b5a00;font-weight: bold;padding: 6px 12px;border-radius: 999px\">\n              Education for Family and Community\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              While McComas attended classes and worked at the Honolulu CC counseling center, Brooklyn, whom McComas refers to as her \u201cNorth Star,\u201d flourished steps away at the campus\u2019 Keiki Hau\u02bboli Children\u2019s Center.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              \u201cBrooklyn changed my life,\u201d she said. \u201cShe was my second chance. Before her, I was in a very dark place.\u201d\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              This fall, McComas will begin working on a degree in public health at 糖心视频 M\u0101noa. Her long-term goal is to put it to use to help Native Hawaiians with their health.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              \u201cI\u2019m going to look to the past so that I can find solutions for the future,\u201d she said. \u201cAs a Hawaiian, we are plagued with heart disease and diabetes, and I hope to figure out a way to get our people to want to eat healthier, have a healthier lifestyle.\u201d\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0\">\n              She\u2019s doing it for her community, for herself and for her daughter.\n            <\/p>\n\n            <p style=\"margin: 0\">\n              \u201cI know the importance of education for me to be able to pay my bills. It\u2019s expensive to be here in paradise to be able to provide for my family,\u201d said McComas. \u201cIt\u2019s important and I hope to instill that in my daughter that to have a bright future will require you to have a college degree.\u201d \u2014 Camille McComas\n            <\/p>\n          <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/article>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n  \n\n  <section aria-labelledby=\"quote-banner-title\" style=\"border-left:8px solid #4b7f52;padding:28px;margin:36px 0;background:#f7fff8;border-radius:24px;text-align:center\">\n\n  <h2 id=\"quote-banner-title\" style=\"font-size:28px;line-height:1.25;margin:0 0 12px 0;color:#111111\">\n    Education Opens Doors\n  <\/h2>\n\n  <p style=\"font-size:22px;line-height:1.45;margin:0;color:#0b3f35;font-weight:bold\">\n    \u201cEducation is so important, and it really opens doors.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.5;margin:12px 0 0 0;color:#333333\">\n    \u2014 Dr. Britney K. 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