My accomplishment is completing college, she says. If I can do it, anybody can do it. And she s on a fast track with ambitions of retiring at 40. Edwards, one of ASU s track stars, graduated at the age of 16 from Michigan s Flint Central High School. And she s proven that age is only a number when you have a vision.
Dreams do come true.
You have to make them happen, she says. But the real race is yet to be won. Edwards, a psychology major, realizes children will have to carry the torch for the hurdles of growing up in an ever-changing world. She wants to advocate for them as a juvenile justice attorney after pursuing a master s degree in school counseling from Wayne State University and a doctorate in rehabilitation counseling from Michigan State University. Our youth don t have anyone on their side, she says.