NEWARK WOMAN GRADUATES ESSEX COUNTY COLLEGE WHILE LIVING ON STREETS
by Ralph R. Ortega /The Star-Ledger
NEWARK — Homeless and without a job, Toni Clark saved her unemployment checks only for the barest of essentials — meals, and her college education.
On Friday, Clark was one of almost 1,100 graduates at the largest commencement in Essex County College’s 40-year history. While many of her classmates faced down their own adversity, Clark’s entire college career was completed without having a place to sleep at night.
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