Generations College’s single parent scholarship helps student parents return to college while balancing work and the demands of raising a child alone.
When Marissia Simmons left college in 2016 to care for her ailing father, she thought she was putting her education on hold.
Instead, life unraveled. In less than a year, Simmons lost her sister, her aunt and then her father. At 24, she found herself grappling with overwhelming grief and uncertainty about what came next.
Then she learned she was pregnant.
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