Our students are the best. So many overcome personal, family, financial and a multitude of other challenges to achieve their dream of a better life. We could fill volumes with their many wonderful and inspiring stories. In this issue of TCC Magazine we focus on one. Born with cerebral palsy and believing she would spend her life confined to a nursing home, Deana Dawson instead made a different choice, entering college and, ultimately, walking onto the stage to receive her college degree.