The pandemic highlighted gaps in the social safety net for low-income single parents. One program is helping single mothers overcome those challenges.
She moved into the program's Austin, Texas, campus in August 2019.
By the time Vega leaves in 2025, she anticipates she will have completed three degrees. That includes an associate's degree in health science she has already finished, an associate's degree in nursing she is due to complete in December, followed by a bachelor's degree in nursing. That includes helping Vega get her daughter to and from school when she cannot due to her 12-hour clinical days at the hospital.
Enrolling in the program helped her step back and re-evaluate her life, which she anticipates will have lasting effects even after she leaves.
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