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Sarah Snow worked for three summers at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, to good reviews. Yet when she applied for a year-round position, she learned she wasn’t considered qualified because she lacked a bachelor’s degree.
Determined to return to school, Snow picked Foothill College for its Honors Institute. At Foothill, professors in the honor’s program challenged her to think in new ways about the world. English instructor Anne Paye helped Snow rediscover her deep love of writing. History professor Konnilynn Feig inspired her to stand up for her beliefs. She quickly put the lesson to use when Foothill students elected her to represent them on the Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board of Trustees.
Snow entered Foothill planning on an accounting career. However, her college experiences, including tutoring for two years at a local high school, opened her to other possibilities.
In Fall of 2008, Snow, 29, entered Stanford University on a full scholarship, as an English major with an emphasis in creative writing. She was one of just 40 transfer students in the world accepted by the prestigious university.
Thanks to her experiences at Foothill, Snow feels she is on the right track.
"Rediscovering writing now, when I am more confident, has put a bit of sunshine back into my life," Snow said. "I know now that I should follow a path that will bring me joy, not just financial success."
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