Valmarie Hale:  

Life I 1989 Worked at Avon Products out in Glenview, IL for a few weeks after graduation By that Summer and My Birthday I quit Soon after that I worked at this grocery store right over on 119th St. used to be called Prime Fooods, Inc. I worked there until after Christmas That next January DORS paid for me to go to college They took care of every thing, my books, tuition, fees, and that was no small feat u see, I was going to school to become a doctor Well, By that next Fall, When it was time to go back I had, had some help, by this old man named Silas Parnell Mr. Parnell, help 1000s of students back then and over the years get their financial aide they did not know how to get Mr. Parnell died a couple of years ago. That day when, I was in his office, told him to show me how to fill out my financial aide papers myself, so that I could do myself the next time For the next Ten years I got four grants that I qualified for... For eight years, I studied to become just that a doctor, I did Pre-Med Then I tried nursing, Just like 20 years ago, I always did well in school, I was on the dean's list the entire time, I was in college, while in the Pre-Med program at Chicago State University, I surpassed the silve...Expand for more