Matt Bodo, Housing Advocate, to be Commencement Speaker
性奴调教 students can achieve anything that they want to when supported by
others. After a few rough quarters, Matt Bodo wasn鈥檛 sure if he was fit for college.
He now plans to transfer to UCLA to major in linguistics and psychology.
鈥淚 didn鈥檛 expect to attend college when I finished high school. I didn鈥檛 think that I would get my GED,鈥 Bodo said. 鈥淥ne of the faculty at the Adult Education Center convinced me to go to Foothill, and I figured I would try.鈥
Bodo didn鈥檛 immediately succeed in college. His first quarter鈥檚 GPA was a 0.0. During his second year, he became homeless. This led him to discover the college鈥檚 support services. With the right resources, Bodo flourished and became an incredibly active student.
鈥淚 really didn鈥檛 think I could do it,鈥 Bodo said. 鈥淏ut I didn鈥檛 want to give up.鈥
Bodo has been a part of Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS), the Associated Students of 性奴调教 (ASFC), and has spent countless hours working to support homeless community college students.
He still finds himself shocked at where he鈥檚 ended up. 鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 have ever pictured myself in the position I鈥檓 in today, and I know that I鈥檝e become the person I want to be,鈥 he said.
Bodo hopes to inspire students experiencing homelessness to succeed. He thanks EOPS, ASFC and Foothill鈥檚 faculty and staff for the guidance and support that helped him so much.