Alyssa Hernandez
Grad Stories (2021)
Norco College School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Alyssa Hernandez has been attending Norco College off and on since 2012. She went
into the foster care system when she turned two and then again at the age of 14. She
reflects on having a far from easy life, recalling traumatic events witnessed as a
little girl and adolescent.
Today, Hernandez is celebrating that she is the first in her family to graduate college.
She is graduating with a Sociology degree. Hernandez was accepted to California State
University, San Bernardino, where she will be pursuing bachelor’s degrees in Sociology
and Social Work.
“Do not give up, no matter how hard life gets,” Hernandez said. “Being educated and
continuing to work hard in school is the only way out of the system.”
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