Like so many Next Step students, Clara had to leave school only to return a year later and absolutely rock her last test: MATH!

“I went to a lot of adult schools before Next Step; in Louisiana and other states. The pace was never right.

After passing four of my tests at Next Step and trying to finish up at another school down south, I knew that I had to come back.

Next Step was the only place that I could get that one on one and focus on what was right for me.”

Clara has finished up her certificate and has started her own business. She hopes to go to college for early childhood development and to become an innovator in the field of childcare.