For over four years I have maintained a job, albeit entry-level retail positions to support myself financially while I go to school. I graduated from Coastal Carolina University in the spring of 2023, and after building a good rapport with my fellow professors, decided to stay for an MS. I was accepted into the Graduate Assistant's program, which also functions as a job, as I teach and construct the assignments for my own class. I continue to work a retail job at Costco to support myself externally from my education.