Project Working Mom:
Putting Education to Work

Name: Carole Enneking Age: 55 Marital Status: Divorced Kids: 2 daughters, ages 26 and 29 Advice to Others: "Set little goals and reward yourself for following through." School: Kaplan University Target: B.S. in Business , 2007 Read more about Carole's story at: http://www.elearners.com...

Helen, 50, Andover, VT - Helen has given her heart and soul most of her life to her foster children, each with special needs. But, at age 50, she wants to make a different mark on this world - as a paralegal. The credentials would allow her to work as an aide in the classroom or go on to study law. At...

Xochitl , 38 Decatur, GA Getting my degree is very important to me, because it is an accomplishment I have been trying to obtain for the last twenty years. I have always wanted to attend college and be an example for my children. Being a single parent, however, [it] has been a difficult and challenging...

Helen , 50 Andover, VT It is a Woman’s World! Women give birth to the world. Women cradle the world. Women feed the world. Women clean the world. Why is it so difficult to enter the world? I’ve always known that my Greek name means “light, torch”. I was strengthened by that as a child. I imagined myself...

Xochitl, 38, Decatur, GA - Only eight classes from graduation, this single mom has faced illness, family tragedy and much more - but she is determined to use her bilingual skills in English and Spanish to get her master's degree and make a difference in communities where her services are desperately...