Dogged determination is a quality that’s served her well as she juggles her roles as a student and mother of a 6- and 3-year-old with another on the way.
“I started at Cuyamaca in fall 2019 because I had a drive to become more educated on things that I knew little about,” said the San Diego native, who has lived around the United States, but has always returned to her hometown. “I didn’t want to just Google questions about history – I wanted to actually learn and further my education.”
As a recipient
of the Otay Water District’s Watton Scholarship, a $500 award for top students
in Cuyamaca’s Center for Water Studies program, Christman is well on her way
toward a career in the environmental field. She said the scholarship comes at a
difficult time with the pandemic costing her financé his job. She is depending
on financial aid to get by. Money is tight, she said, but she is determined to
continue her studies.
“I am not quite sure about what role I will
take in the future, hopefully helping to shape environmental law,” she said. “I
love Water Resources Management, but I would like to take it one step further
and get into the political aspect. I would like to be responsible for
allocating our environmental resources responsibly.”
Neither of her
parents went beyond high school and never stressed the value of a college
education, but Christman said she knew
inherently that any success in life hinged on higher learning. Cuyamaca
College, she said, is key to her getting ahead.
“I love the overall campus of Cuyamaca College
– the professors are amazing,” she said. “I miss driving to the campus every
morning, although I am enjoying some aspects of distance learning.”
Christman holds
certification as an esthetician, but she said wages are low working in skin and
makeup as she did for a while, so she decided to return to school.
“I really love
learning about the environment and what we as humans can do to conserve
resources and to better protect the environment,” Christman said.
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