Tycine Nazare's TRiO SSS Success Story

Aloha pumehana kakou a pau loa. My name is Tycine Nazare and this is my second semester attending Windward Community College. I honestly never thought that I would back attending school again. In 2006 I attended Remington College for massage therapy. I just barely made it to through towards graduating and obtaining my license in massage therapy. I struggled and broke down a good amount of times, but I never gave up. After I graduated from Remington I honestly thought to myself “I’m never going back to school again!”. As the years went by I saw and watched my love ones and good friends going through the struggles of drug abuse. My heart ached from watching such unfortunate events take place due to such substances. It was then I decided I wanted to help them. Yes I know I’m already helping people through their physical pain but what about the one’s who need that emotional support or just someone there that won’t judge them. Someone that they can talk to and seek guidence from. In the Fall of 2012 I enrolled into Windward Community College in the intent of some day obtaining my masters in Psychology. Scared and not knowing what to expect I charged into it head on.I knew through my experience at Remington that it wouldn’t be easy and that the challenge would be a lot harder. I often thought to myself that it just might be too hard or that I was not smart enough to complete this task that I had set for myself. Before starting my first semester I attended a FROSH camp that was setup to help freshmans who were about to start school in the fall. It was there that I learned of TRiO SSS and what they had to offer. Immediantly the very first day I started school I became a active participent in TRiO. I learned not only do they offer free tutoring, printing, and computer use put they also offer GREAT and POSITIVE motivation something that I have found only in my family and close friends. The staff of TRiO plays a big role in my accomplishments in my first semester and my on going second semester. They have provided me with the tools I needed such as computer use, printing and a great tutor so there were no exuses for me not to succeed in school. I was able to obtain an A grade in psychology 100 also an A grade in ‘Olelo Hawai’i 101.  As my first semester started to come to an end I was beyond grateful for all the help and support that TRiO had given to me that I felt I wanted to give back. In Spring 2012 as my second semester started I became a tutor myself; tutoring in Psy 100 the survey of psychology. I believe that TRiO is a very big blessing in not only my academic career but also my life. I am forever GRATEFUL and BLESSED to be a part of such a wonderful Ohana that we call TRiO. Mahalo no e TRiO.. ‘O Iesu pu.. Tycine Nazare..