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Raising three children, having a full time job and strapped by financial constraints may seem like formidable obstacles to some one trying to get an education.<\/p>\n

But these challenges did not prevent Youville George from fulfilling her dream of furthering her education.<\/p>\n

On Saturday May 11, George took home a Masters Degree in Education after the 49th Commencement Ceremony of the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI).<\/p>\n

“I worked against the odds,” she stated. “Financially and physically it was hard. But if I can do it, I encourage everyone to do it, because education is freedom.”<\/p>\n

George is the daughter of Hessline Matthew and Cresilar Auguiste and granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Matthew of St. Joseph.<\/p>\n

She attended the Dominica Community High School in the late 80’s and later migrated to St.Thomas, USVI.<\/p>\n

Her long road to success began when she started working as a custodian (cleaning\/maintenance) in the Virgin Island’s Education Commissioner’s office in 1985. There she took the opportunity to learn filing and operating the switchboard while performing her custodial duties.<\/p>\n

With encouragement she attended the UVI to learn American Sign Language.<\/p>\n

“From there I realized that education is important and education is freedom,” she said.<\/p>\n

While raising her three children and working full time she began taking more classes at UVI.<\/p>\n

She began working with hearing impaired students at a middle school and later moved to a high school where she worked as a special education para-professional.<\/p>\n

In 2008 she had enough credits to earn a Bachelors Degree in social science and she began teaching US History at a high school.<\/p>\n

From there, George moved on to earn her Masters Degree.<\/p>\n

“I did not allow life to suppress my dreams,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raising three children, having a full time job and strapped by financial constraints may seem like formidable obstacles to some one trying to get an education. 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