Amna Mubbashir Hometown: Lahore, Pakistan Program: ABA Certificate Book I would recommend: Educated by Tara Westover Favorite Quote: “It doesn’t matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.” -Confucius  What would people be surprised to know about you?  People would be surprised I’m continuing my education after

Lizzy Peterson Hometown: Grand Blanc, MI Program: MA Book I would recommend: Almost any Stephen King novel Favorite Quote: “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” —A.A. Milne What would people be surprised to know about you?  Most people would be surprised

Ella Samhat Hometown: Garden City, MI Program: PsyD Book I would recommend: Emotional Freedom by Judith Orloff Favorite Quote: “Always, emotional freedom involves where you put your attention.” -Dr. Judith Orloff What would people be surprised to know about you?  People would be surprised to know that I built a

Zach Ufkes Hometown: Marshall, MI Program: MA Book I would recommend: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett Favorite Quote: “The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well” – Alfred Adler What would people be surprised to know about you?  People would be surprised to know

Jennifer Thomas-Sopekan Hometown: Detroit, MI Program: MA with ABA Book I would recommend: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn Favorite Quote: “Gossip dies when it hits a wise person’s ears” – Unknown What would people be surprised to know about you?  People would be surprised to know that I am a retired

MyEssia Taylor Hometown: West Helena, AR/ Houston, TX Program: PsyD Book I would recommend: Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin Favorite Quote: “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”-Mahatma Gandhi What would people be surprised to know about you?  Although I have a free spirit

Blake Kozlowski Hometown: Mishawaka, IN Program: PsyD Book I would recommend: As a big fantasy/fiction fan, I recommend the book series Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb. Favorite Quote: “If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.” -Geena Davis What would people be surprised to know about you?  Something

Fatimah Mohammed-Ali Hometown: Baghdad, Iraq Program: MA Book I would recommend: Detox Your Thoughts by Andrea Bonior Favorite Quote: “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” -Wayne Dyer What would people be surprised to know about you?  People might be surprised to know

Edith Ochoa Torres Hometown: Commerce Township, MI Program: MA with ABA Book I would recommend: No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel Siegel, MD and Tina Payne Bryson, PhD Favorite Quote: “One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential

Taylor Callockio Hometown: New Boston, MI Program: PsyD Book I would recommend: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz Favorite Quote: “Sometimes you get what you want. Other times, you get a lesson in patience, timing, alignment, empathy, compassion, faith, perseverance, resilience, humility, trust, meaning, awareness, resistance, purpose, clarity, grief,