WEBVTT 00:00:07.129 --> 00:00:09.378 I'M SHERYL MADISON AND I'M A SOCIAL WORK MAJOR 00:00:09.378 --> 00:00:13.758 I WILL BE HEADING TO TEXAS A&M COMMERCE 00:00:13.758 --> 00:00:16.013 MY NAME IS TASHA BOWMAN 00:00:16.013 --> 00:00:20.513 I'M A GRADUATE OF UTA AND I TOOK CLASSES 00:00:20.513 --> 00:00:22.989 MY FINAL CLASSES, AT NORTH LAKE COLLEGE 00:00:22.989 --> 00:00:25.906 MY NAME IS JOHNETTA BOLDON AND I AM A JOURNEY TO SUCCESS COACH 00:00:25.906 --> 00:00:28.941 I ALSO WORK FOR THE EASTFIELD COLLEGE POLICE DEPARTMENT 00:00:28.941 --> 00:00:35.897 I WAS TAKING STATISTICS CLASS ELEMENTARY STATISTICS 00:00:35.897 --> 00:00:41.313 I GOT MOST OF MY COURSES ALL DONE EXCEPT THAT ONE 00:00:41.313 --> 00:00:46.299 AND THAT WAS MY PROBLEM AREA 00:00:46.299 --> 00:00:47.728 SO I NEEDED TO GET SOME HELP 00:00:47.728 --> 00:00:49.944 WITH ELEMENTARY STATISTICS 00:00:49.944 --> 00:00:52.572 THAT WAS THE FINAL CLASS 00:00:52.572 --> 00:00:54.625 THAT I HAD TO TAKE TO COMPLETE 00:00:54.625 --> 00:00:56.240 MY DEGREE 00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:58.664 I SAW THE EMAIL ABOUT JOURNEY TO SUCCESS 00:00:58.664 --> 00:01:00.602 AND I FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS A COACH 00:01:00.602 --> 00:01:03.605 SO I WENT TO HER TO ASK HER ABOUT THE PROGRAM 00:01:03.605 --> 00:01:06.008 TO SEE WHAT IT WAS ABOUT 00:01:06.008 --> 00:01:08.189 PLUS I JUST GOT LAID OFF FROM WORK 00:01:08.189 --> 00:01:13.140 KIND OF STRESSED SOME WITH FAMILY ISSUES 00:01:13.140 --> 00:01:16.463 I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD BE ABLE TO BE FOCUSED ENOUGH TO MAKE IT 00:01:16.463 --> 00:01:21.114 SO AFTER I SPOKE WITH MS. JANETTA SHE SAID, "YOU CAN JOIN THE PROGRAM" 00:01:21.114 --> 00:01:24.829 SO SHE SENT MY NAME OVER TO THE PERSON THAT’S OVER IT 00:01:24.829 --> 00:01:26.659 SO SHE COULD BE MY SUCCESS COACH. 00:01:26.659 --> 00:01:29.882 WELL EVEN PRIOR TO BECOMING A SUCCESS COACH 00:01:29.882 --> 00:01:33.076 I MENTORED STUDENTS EVEN WHEN I WAS IN THE PIT 00:01:33.076 --> 00:01:37.542 I'M A STUDENT MYSELF SO I UNDERSTAND THE PRESSURES THAT COME ALONG 00:01:37.542 --> 00:01:39.374 WITH BEING IN A NEW ENVIRONMENT 00:01:39.374 --> 00:01:40.860 NEW COLLEGE 00:01:40.860 --> 00:01:42.610 NEW EXPERIENCES 00:01:42.610 --> 00:01:45.828 GETTING OUT THERE AND BEING MORE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF 00:01:45.828 --> 00:01:49.642 SO IN PROVIDING THOSE ENCOURAGING WORDS TO STUDENTS HERE ON CAMPUS 00:01:49.642 --> 00:01:56.645 I WAS ABLE TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING THEY HAD GOING ON HERE 00:01:56.645 --> 00:02:00.895 I DON’T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO PUT IT BUT TO MINISTER TO ME 00:02:00.895 --> 00:02:02.914 AND TO ENCOURAGE ME 00:02:02.914 --> 00:02:07.181 AND LET ME KNOW THAT I CAN MAKE IT IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON 00:02:07.181 --> 00:02:12.194 PUSH HARD - DO THE BEST THAT I CAN AND I'LL BE SUCCESSFUL 00:02:14.008 --> 00:02:17.284 SO ANOTHER CLASSMATE I RAN INTO 00:02:17.453 --> 00:02:19.161 SHE TOLD ME ABOUT JOURNEY TO SUCCESS 00:02:19.538 --> 00:02:23.559 SHE ACTUALLY TOLD ME ABOUT JOURNEY TO SUCCESS A YEAR AGO 00:02:24.406 --> 00:02:28.048 I DIDN'T STILL REALLY KNOW WHAT IT WAS 00:02:28.048 --> 00:02:32.920 BUT ONE DAY I WAS SITTING AT MY DESK AT WORK 00:02:32.920 --> 00:02:37.470 AND THEY TOLD ME, THEY SENT ME AN EMAIL 00:02:37.470 --> 00:02:40.585 AND WHAT IT WAS SAYING IN THE ARTICLE WAS 00:02:40.585 --> 00:02:42.551 IF YOU NEED SOME EXTRA HELP 00:02:42.551 --> 00:02:47.519 WE'RE HERE TO MAKE YOUR JOURNEY TO SUCCESS COMPLETE 00:02:47.519 --> 00:02:50.973 IT HAS HELPED ME TO REMAIN FOCUSED 00:02:50.973 --> 00:02:52.448 ON MY GOALS 00:02:52.448 --> 00:02:56.637 AND MY SCHOOL WORK I WOULD ALWAYS HAVE HER TO CHECK IT 00:02:56.637 --> 00:03:00.519 BUT JUST 00:03:00.519 --> 00:03:02.254 I GUESS LESS STRESS 00:03:02.254 --> 00:03:04.035 LEARNING TO COPE WITH IT 00:03:04.035 --> 00:03:07.631 AND LEARNING TO COPE WITH THE DIFFICULTIES OF TEACHERS 00:03:07.631 --> 00:03:10.055 IT’S JUST BEEN A BLESSING 00:03:10.055 --> 00:03:15.182 SO I WENT TO THE OFFICE WHERE THEY HAVE JOURNEY TO SUCCESS 00:03:15.182 --> 00:03:19.069 AND THEY HAD ME TO ACTUALLY 00:03:19.069 --> 00:03:21.104 FILL OUT A FORM ONLINE 00:03:21.104 --> 00:03:24.236 I HAD A PHONE CALL THEY WERE GOING TO MATCH ME UP WITH SOMEONE 00:03:24.236 --> 00:03:27.838 TO TAKE ME THROUGH THE PROGRAM 00:03:27.838 --> 00:03:30.137 AND KIND OF COACH ME 00:03:30.137 --> 00:03:31.233 (A SUCCESS COACH?) 00:03:31.233 --> 00:03:33.053 A SUCCESS COACH, YES 00:03:33.053 --> 00:03:41.532 AND SO THEY MATCHED ME UP WITH SOMEONE AND THEY REALLY CHECKED IN ON ME 00:03:41.532 --> 00:03:45.273 THEY REFERRED ME TO A TUTOR 00:03:45.273 --> 00:03:47.422 A SPECIAL TUTOR THEY HAD THERE 00:03:47.422 --> 00:03:51.756 AND SO I WORKED WITH HIM TWO, MAYBE THREE TIMES A WEEK 00:03:51.756 --> 00:03:54.933 HE WAS VERY PATIENT WITH ME 00:03:54.933 --> 00:03:57.821 I APPRECIATED THAT 00:03:57.821 --> 00:04:00.754 WELL WE WORKED ON MY SCHOOL WORK 00:04:00.754 --> 00:04:04.005 SHE WOULD ASK FOR COPIES OF WHAT IM DOING 00:04:04.005 --> 00:04:07.617 TO TURN IN AND GO OVER IT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS OK 00:04:07.617 --> 00:04:10.984 ALSO WHEN I HAD MY PERSONAL ISSUES 00:04:10.984 --> 00:04:13.930 I WOULD GO IN AND TALK WITH HER ABOUT THEM 00:04:13.930 --> 00:04:16.473 TO HELP ME GET THROUGH MY DAY 00:04:16.473 --> 00:04:23.063 IT TAUGHT ME TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THAT SMALL VOICE 00:04:23.063 --> 00:04:25.154 TO ASK QUESITONS 00:04:25.154 --> 00:04:27.952 TO SEEK AND I FOUND 00:04:27.952 --> 00:04:32.056 DON'T BE AFRAID AND INTIMIDATED TO ASK FOR HELP 00:04:32.056 --> 00:04:34.804 IN WHATEVER YOURE DOING 00:04:34.804 --> 00:04:40.034 I WALKED AWAY FROM THE PROGRAM WANTING TO BE A JOURNEY TO SUCCESS COACH 00:04:40.034 --> 00:04:44.831 BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE 00:04:44.831 --> 00:04:48.871 I KNOW WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO FEEL HOPELESS 00:04:48.871 --> 00:04:58.520 AND I FELT INTIMIDATED TO ASK