It may have taken her 23 years, but Tesha Wallace will proudly walk the stage tonight and receive her high school diploma.
“There is nothing stopping you,” said Wallace, 41, who faced a sudden loss of her medical field job — and the barriers to employment that come with not having her high school diploma.
In the seven months she’s been at the Vallejo Adult School, the mother of four has launched a fashion line and a Berkeley-based business called The Pineapple House, which focuses on bulk pineapple cream pies.
via Vallejo Adult School students ready to pick up diplomas tonight.