NM Opportunity Scholarship Sets Former Food Service Worker on Path to Become an Accountant
Dorrie Dennison had been working in food service for many years when she heard about the New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship, a scholarship that allows college students pursuing their first degree to attend tuition-free. “I wasn’t sure I wanted to work in food service my whole life,” she said, “I wanted something more.” So at the age of thirty-six, Dennison, who is originally from Austin, Texas, decided to enroll at Western New Mexico University. “I honestly never thought I would attend college,” she said, “but then I learned about the Opportunity Scholarship . . . and decided that I was ready to have a professional career.” An accounting major, Dennison said she is enjoying both her major and the other classes she has taken. “There is kind of a cliché about accounting being boring,” she said, “but really it can take you in all sorts of directions. Most every business you can imagine needs accounting, and then there are a range of non-profits one could...