At one point, passing high school wasn’t always in Sanchez’s future. She was a “functional drug addict” and began using meth at 14 and then later cocaine and then went back to meth up until she was 28.
TUCSON, Ariz. — As Mercedes Sanchez looked at the grades she got years ago, she looked at a 1.62 G.P.A and several Ds and Fs.
She tried to get her diploma twice after that but couldn’t. Once it was because she didn’t pass the final exams and another time because she couldn’t afford to finish. Through TikTok she found an ad for the Arizona Workforce Diploma Program offered through Graduation Alliance, a free online program where people can get their high school diploma.“They’re just very motivating when it comes to pushing me to get my diploma,” she said about the program.“I needed to go get my eduction in order for me to be something bigger,” she said.She’s now 3 years sober and Wednesday was looking back at pictures of herself while on drugs.
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