This Bachelor of Arts degree was proof that the GED was not the end of the story. It was one of the first real signs that rebuilding through education was possible, and that a nontraditional beginning could still lead to meaningful progress.

The Juris Doctor was not the flex. The fight was. This post reflects on what it meant to earn a law degree from Thurgood Marshall School of Law and why the journey from GED to JD was never a straight line, but a disciplined decision to keep going.