For Students Rising Above scholar Josh Collins it took moving across the country to realize the value of his Bay Area family.
BODEGA BAY -- For many first-generation college students, education is their ticket to a better future and that sometimes means moving far away from their family. For Students Rising Above scholar Josh Collins it took going across the country to realize the value of his family.It was never quiet in Josh Collins' home and he was rarely alone. Josh is one of quadruplets. They were known around town as 'The Quad.' Wherever they went there were always questions.
Josh and his siblings stayed in Bodega Bay with their grandmother Marilyn. But most of his childhood memories were clouded by toxic relationships with other extended family members who stepped in to help after his mother died. As Josh got older he felt the walls of the small town start to close in. He was desperate to find his own identity, separate from the quad.'I had to get out of there. I needed to rise above and escape through education,' he said.
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