Sarah recently took the Ichthyology and Fish Health course at Unity College with Professor Neysa Foy Gabriel.
"Prior to Unity, I was in uncertain times. I lost my job due to Covid and I was a stay-at-home mom at the moment. I decided during this time that I wanted to pursue my dream of becoming a Marine Biologist as it was always a passion.
I decided to enroll at Unity College because I loved the flexibility and the courses are asynchronous. As a mom of a 5 and 4-year-old, flexibility and being online was a MUST. While I was a little nervous about it being online for Marine Biology, I read reviews that eased my mind, and now being in a year they were all true. Now I work full time, am a mom, and do all my assignments, honestly, it's a lot of work but very rewarding and not as hard as I thought it would be.
When I was younger, I was lucky to get Cs in sciences and became very discouraged from doing Marine Biology so I went to college back then for Tourism. Now I have been encouraged by my husband, children, family, and friends to take on this new journey. I am hoping to get out of this at the top of my class and prove to my younger self that nothing is ever impossible. Currently, I am succeeding with this. I am also just taking in all the wisdom that my professors are teaching us for real-life experience.
The best part of this class was even though it's online, I loved that this course was hands-on. We got to dissect a fish during this class and I found it very fascinating. Being able to do something that in-class students would typically do made me super excited. Also, I appreciated how encouraging and helpful Professor Gabriel was."
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