[brooke]

I did not really excel in school before I found a career path that was right for me. I was in college for almost 3 years before I was introduced to the field of social work. Before this time, I took classes, did assignments, studied for tests because I had to (it was always expected that I would graduate from college). There was no passion. Once I found social work I did all those things because I truly wanted to learn. I loved my classes, loved my internship, loved the people I was interacting with because I clicked with them. I think that was the biggest key to my success and motivation in college was just finding the thing that I really connected with.