"No one in my family had gone to college. Some hadn't even finished high school," said the recent South River High graduate, 17. "But she really wanted me to do something with myself. She wanted better for her daughters."
Sadiyyah Owens had plans for college, too - but with low grades during her first two years at Arundel High School, she didn't know how she'd get there.
And North County High graduate Mandy Uebel was considering an array of different schools,...
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