Once Homeless Student Who Worked 4 Jobs To Support Family Graduates College

After persevering through trying times, one college student wore her cap and gown with pride.

Bianca Jeannot, a 22-year-old who attended the College of New Rochelle in New York, has been through a lot. She has experienced homelessness and also had to work multiple jobs to support and care for her brothers while attending college, ABC News reported.

Recently, the student saw her hard work come to fruition as she graduated from the school with honors, WABC reported.

“It is an accomplishment I’ll carry with me for the rest of my life,” Jeannot said, according to Hudson Valley News Network. “I wouldn’t change anything for the world, because it’s my life, and it’s made me who I am today.”

The 22-year-old, who maintained a 3.8 GPA in school, graduated with a degree in English as well as a forensic science certificate, the outlet reported. She was the first person in her family to graduate from college.

While these accomplishments are already impressive, Jeannot had to power through many obstacles to get there.

According to WABC, the recent grad and her family spent about seven years living in homeless shelters. Following her mother's death, Jeannot became the head of her household at just 18, and had to support her older brothers Michael Jeannot, who has Down syndrome, and Paul Santons, who has stage 4 kidney disease, ABC News reported.

So while she attended school, Jeannot worked. And she worked hard.

"I worked up to four jobs at a time, three on campus and one outside of campus," she said. "I worked for marketing, I worked for the admissions house on campus, I worked for payroll, the IT department."

In addition to caring for her brothers, she still managed to be active on campus, even founding an anime club and serving as editor-in-chief of the school's literary magazine Phoenix, Hudson Valley News Network reported.

"She's the head of her household. She commutes back and forth, and she does it with a spirit of optimism and gratitude that's rare in people even decades older," Professor Daniel Smith told WABC.

Now, fresh out of college, Jeannot is looking to pursue a career in animal welfare. She told Hudson Valley News Network that she's excited for the future.

“There’s only one way to look, and that’s forward.”