In the early seventies I stumbled across an ad in the newspaper for LaGuardia community college. I have been recently discharged from the US Marines and was essentially lost with no direction whatsoever. I applied and was accepted to a program for veterans at LaGuardia and was fortunate enough to spend an internship with Kathy. I don't know if I could possibly describe the effect she had on my life. Before LaGuardia and the Marines I had grown up in Mississippi in extremely poor circumstances. Kathy was such an inspiration to me and made me feel like I could do something in life for which I will always be very grateful. I wish I had stayed in touch with her through the years because my life would have been completely different without my relationship with her.