101-Year-Old Woman Returned To School And Will Graduate College With Her Granddaughter

Essence Magazine:

Screenshot WTOK By Melissa Noel ·Updated January 24, 2024

Sarah Simpkins is reminding us that you’re never too old to learn. At age 101, she is working toward her college degree. 

Simpkins is studying early childhood education at Brightpoint Community College in Chester, Virginia, according to local television station WTOK News.

She can obtain her degree for free thanks to Virginia’s Senior Citizens Higher Education Act of 1974, which allows senior citizens over the ago

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