SAC校友黄志强
2018年1月24日
Born and raised in 圣安东尼奥, Jacob Wong had a unique path to higher education. In his senior year, he opted to transfer to a self-paced high school. He quickly found that he was able to thrive in this untraditional learning environment, and earned a high school diploma and a GED.
Not convinced college was the right path at the time, Wong passed on a scholarship opportunity to attend 帕洛阿尔托学院, and chose to get a job in order to move out of the house. Soon, he was hired at Arthur Murray's Dance Studio where he became a certified dance instructor.
While still working full-time, Wong enrolled at SAC in Fall 2010 as a test to see if he was finally ready to embark upon the college process. During his first semester as a part-time student, he took Introduction to Psychology and English Composition I. Immediately, he felt transformed. "My professors believed in me," he exclaims. "They saw something in me that I did not yet see in myself."
很快, Wong soon became comfortable with the idea that school could actually be enjoyable. He started mingling with other students and became a member of the Psychology Club. 在一年内, he ran and was elected as the president of the club, which would ultimately be a gateway to the Student Government Association (SGA.)
首先是SGA副主席, then as SGA President for two terms, Wong served as a representative of the student body working alongside 大学 administrators to provide insight from a student's perspective.
In his quest to ensure students were being heard at the highest levels of administration, Wong helped formulate a plan to propose adding a Student Trustee on the Board of Trustees. 当时并不知道, Wong wound up becoming the first-ever Student Trustee at a community college in the state of Texas.
今天, Wong holds an associate of arts degree from 圣安东尼奥学院, but one day he hopes to pursue a bachelor's degree. 现在, he is content serving the 澳门新葡京博彩区 as an Employment Specialist in the Human 资源 Department.
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