- I'm Angeela Riaz,
and I'm a student here at the Cosumnes River College.
Born and raised in Pakistan, a very strict atmosphere,
however you say it, for a female.
I came in United States in 1999.
My in-laws living in America,
they were still tied back to Pakistan,
where they say female is just a mother,
and she just do the housework.
So, I had a hard time.
It took me 12 years to convince them
that I want to go back to school.
When I came to CRC, the biggest fear was financial.
I was thinking how I'm going to afford it, because,
you know, my husband, through 2009, he was disabled.
There's a huge thing that a lot of people were not--
that I was not aware, called BOG fee waiver.
On top of financial aid, that take care of your tuition fee.
So that's a huge help.
The support that I got from the college staff, and even faculty,
I was surprised that people were telling me where to go.
The quality is here, it's so good.
We're getting one-on-one with the professors.
My ultimate goal is to become a nurse practitioner.
I have two semesters left, and after this,
I'm applying to Sacramento State University, for a BSN.
I start my school for my daughter.
I don't want her to go through what I went through.