Yesterday was graduation day at Indiana University of Pennsylvania—a day I had always pictured myself walking across the stage with my peers as we all anxiously and cautiously moved toward the next stage of our lives. Instead, I graduated early in December 2024. It was the right move, and

I graduated from IUP in December 2024. A few days before my graduation, I was in tears over the uncertainty that I was about to face. For three and a half years, I had gotten used to the routine of college. Classes, work, clubs, sleep, repeat. In a few days,