鈥淭he program gave me the flexibility to be able to work on the coursework at my own pace, whenever I wanted to. Everything was on my terms, besides the due date.鈥
鈥淚n criminal justice, there鈥檚 no such thing as a stupid question. You鈥檒l find areas that you鈥檙e interested in. Pursue those areas, dig deeper, and make it your own.鈥
鈥淎t the end of the day, I think the best part of being in college is the networking. Everyone comes from different walks of life to attend the University. Make sure that you meet different people across different organizations, and the sky is the limit.鈥
鈥淚 always tell the kids I coach that it鈥檚 OK if you want to get into the workforce, but you have to get an education. Whether it鈥檚 online, on campus, I don鈥檛 care. Just get an education.鈥
鈥淭he classes were very informational. I鈥檇 be able to pull up what I was doing with our clients at work and understand exactly what we were doing and why were doing it because of the classes I took.鈥
鈥淕od put it on my heart that it was time to go back. I didn鈥檛 know where I was going or how I was going to do it, but I knew that I really loved UL Lafayette and that if I can go through all that school and make good grades, I deserve to finish off with something.鈥
鈥淚t was easy to navigate, and the instructors answered questions promptly. University staff would actually reach out throughout the semesters to see if I had questions and see how I was doing. It was nice to have the constant support.鈥
"There are not many things you get to do as big as this. Enjoy the experience, take it slow, and ask questions when they come up because UL Lafayette has a huge support system. That鈥檚 one of the reasons I decided to go back.鈥
鈥淚 was still able to do my job, be a mom, be a wife, be a caregiver, and do all the other things because I had so much structure through the professors. They are wonderful. They made it doable."
