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"My goal was to get out of the ghetto; to
rise above crime, poverty and the shame that went with
it. I believed education would give me dignity and self-respect.
And I can tell you it has." —Tammy Ramos, alumna
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Meet Tammy Ramos. Tammy grew up in extreme poverty, the child of a single, drug-afflicted prostitute. After falling through the cracks in public schools, she became a participant in the High Potential Program at a Lasallian school.
Her first reaction to being accepted to the program was shock. "I looked around the beautiful, lush campus and thought, what in the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here. It's only a matter of time until they realize that I am not one of them. I don't have a loving, supportive family to go home to on holidays. I have foster parents who don't want me, a step-dad in prison and a dead mother. And, I am not smart. I scored a 580 on the SATs."
Fast forward to the future and Tammy is a lawyer and teacher. She graduated from college with a 3.41 GPA and a triple major in Economics, Business Administration and Spanish. Later she went to one of the nation's top law schools, graduated, passed the bar and began practicing law. Today she consults, volunteers and teaches at Lasallian schools.
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