TODAY<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\nShe says she hopes to inspire other people her age to go back to school.<\/p>\n
When Williams was 15, she dropped out of school to get a job. She was trying to help her mother pay some bills after she divorced Williams\u2019 father. She\u2019s now a grandmother of four and retired, but she remained focused on completing her education.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was always in the back of my head, to get my diploma,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
For Williams, 2020 seemed like the \u201cright time\u201d to go back to school through the EOP. It was in early 2020 that schools adjusted to offer online learning, but completing her diploma from home suited Williams just fine.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was like, \u2018This is a good chance to pass the time away.\u2019 I\u2019m retired. I\u2019m 65, I\u2019m not working anymore. I\u2019m on a fixed income. So I was like, let me go back to school, this is my time to go back to school, get my diploma.\u201d<\/p>\n
She was provided with a computer by her school and didn\u2019t miss any days. \u201cI was there every day. I was set up every day in front of that computer,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Williams worked in factories, hotels, fast-food restaurants, and hospitals for 40 years before retiring, and believes that there is always time to go back to school, no matter who you are.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like for the whole world to know that it\u2019s never too late to go back to school, no matter what age you drop out,\u201d she said. \u201cEducation is very important.\u201d<\/p>\n
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