Rosa Gonzalez is proof that it’s never too late to find your passion. After her priest, Jeanette Cavazos, said God told her that Gonzalez should go back to college, Gonzalez decided to listen and continue her education.

Although Gonzalez is a woman of faith, she never pictured herself going back to school so she had doubts about her priest’s premonition. In high school her grades weren’t the best, she says she wasn’t the most organized and didn’t like taking tests.

Still, Gonzalez decided to listen to Cavazos’s advice. She started attending night classes in 2016 at Emporia State University, going part-time. She graduated this past Spring and is set to be a full-time teacher in the Fall.

“I was always amazed at how much I was getting done that I didn’t think I would be able to accomplish

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