Here we are in year 2020… when the world basically was set on fire. Before COVID-19 became what we know now, our lives started to reset and get back to normal. My husband and I moved back to Orlando in February, he was getting so many career opportunities, and I was planning on going back to UCF.

So, now we’re in February 2018 and we sent in our very long application for my permanent residency. I’m not gonna lie, I was very happy and couldn’t believe I finally did it.

So, now we’re in 2014 and I’m in graduate school. As I mentioned in part one of this series, I was fortunate to have a program advisor who really cared and she helped me get an assistantship so I was getting paid from the job and had a tuition waiver.

This journey is pretty familiar to those closest to me… or so I thought. Interestingly enough, there were quite a few friends who had no idea about what I was really going through.