Jennifer Mick, a first-generation, low-income, transfer, non-traditional accounting student, tells the story of her success at Portland State University.
Video Transcript "From Underrepresented to Representing"
Jennifer Mick is a first-generation, low-income, transfer, and non-traditional accounting student. After 15 years of starting and stopping school, she will be graduating from PSU with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting in June 2018. She's heavily involved on-campus as a Peer Outreach Mentor for TRiO-Student Support Services and serves as Vice President of Recruiting Events for Beta Alpha Psi Epsilon Alpha. Jennifer champions underrepresented college students through her work in both of these roles to support students' efforts to achieve vertical economic mobility. She will begin her career in public accounting in Summer 2017 as a Tax Intern at Ernst & Young.