Kristen+Piatt

== == Personal Statement: I am going to start by stating the obvious goal of every student attending college in a degree program today, earning a degree. The majority of my life experiences that have led me here stem from how I was going to pay for this degree. I joined the military while I was still in high school. At 17 years old, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and decided the Army was a good place to start. I began attending CCRI a few years after basic training. Since then, two deployments and several occupational changes have postponed my degree efforts however I am still focused on graduating someday. Anything worth doing takes a little effort and a little time.