College Bound Determination

College Bound Determination Founder Carol Ben-Davies, is a first generation American born to Sierra Leonean parents who arrived in the US in the 70's. Carol talks about her college experience and how it was instrumental in her career decisions and subsequently her business. When Carol was 14 years old her parents moved to a small town in North Carolina and she struggled with being a first generation American with African parents. However once she went to college that changed. For her, it was the embracing of other students who were born in Africa or whose parents were born in Africa and they were first gen, were in this space together learning and growing , trying to figure life out. It was there that she really begun to embrace her identity. " I think we forget that aspect of college life. We think solely about the academic piece . We think a lot about the social aspect too but the lifelong learning and growing that you do there is so profound! " Carol Ben-Davies She says that the realities of college are such that parents need to be aware that the college journey doesn't end when their child is admitted into college but actually begins in middle school and ends when their child leaves college.