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80-year-old woman fulfils lifelong dream, graduates remarkably from university with over 70% grade, set to enrol for Masters

Posted November 24, 2023 by c0620

An 80-year-old woman named Donzella Washington has fulfilled her lifelong dream by graduating from university with over 70% cumulative grade points average.

Donzella Washington, who graduated from the Alabama A&M University in United States set out on a quest to accomplish her lifelong goal of becoming a graduate and wants to inspire others to never stop setting and working to achieve their own goals.

Washington narrated that she began her academic journey just because she wanted to go back to school. “When I began this journey it was just because I wanted to go back to school, it was something I wanted to accomplish,” she said.

She moved to Fultondale, US to be with her daughter after she lost her husband, Washington set her eye on a social work degree, got a scholarship, and did not hesitate to enroll for her studies.