I realized after dropping out of college that neither those who graduate or those who don’t graduate truly knew what they wanted to be. I could see the frustration in their faces and voices and a lot of them were my friends and peers who I grew up with, as well as people that I don’t even know! It worried me a lot cause I was in my mid 20s heading into my late 20s and I had no degree. I was making under $25,000 a year, unmarried and living at home with my parents with no car and the feeling that I had disappointed my parents and myself. Being from Ethiopia with a rich culture that idolizes traditional education, it didn’t help my already self-loathing feelings. I felt trapped! My mother pressured me to get a college education because of her fear and insecurities of the Ethiopian community viewing her and myself and our family as less than everyone else because her….