Success Stories

When he was a teenage father, Nino A. Diaz had to put his education on hold so he could work to support his family. But he is a resourceful man.  He knew that even though he was busy working, he didn’t have to stop making plans for the future. “I made a goal to graduate from college before my son completed his high school education,” he explains. “This is important to me since I have been encouraging him to attend college as a traditional age student. StraighterLine helped to reinvigorate my motivation and complete my goal of being a role model to my son.” In a recent conversation with StraighterLine, Nino A. Diaz told us even more. Let’s hear what he had to say . . . StraighterLine: What is your favorite thing about ...

You might have seen Jennifer Semien’s profile in O magazine, or watched the inspiring video about her on the Oprah.com website. Jennifer is a woman who has reached her goals of becoming both a successful leader and an inspiring mother to three beautiful little girls. How did she do it? She credits online learning. Jennifer’s early education got off to a strong start. She began at a regular college and earned an undergraduate degree in Biological Engineering. She then became the mother of three children. Even though she was terribly busy with daycare and mothering, a little voice inside her kept calling her to go back to school to pursue a lifelong calling she had always felt. “When I was very little,” Jennifer explains, “we ...