Martha Carr is a student at College of the Canyons. She had a successful career for many years as a professional C-Suite executive assistant in corporate America and the fund-raising realm of non-profit higher education. After raising and putting her two children through college, Martha was motivated to go back to school as she has always been fascinated by the governing powers of contracts and intellectual property law. As such, Martha joined COC’s paralegal degree program to acquire that specialized knowledge which will serve to underpin her current and future career goals. Martha was somewhat ambivalent about re-entering college at this point in her life, so she started by taking a couple classes per semester while still working full-time. She is so thrilled that she did! The renewed sense of community and opportunities that have been afforded her as a result have been amazing. If Martha had one piece of advice to give, it would be, “never stop learning”; knowledge is power and empowerment.