Finding Your Footing

Name: Aviva Rossi, MS, PhD Profession: Wildlife Ecologist Title (s): Scientist, Professor, Research Director, Soccer Mom I haven't actually ever had anyone ask me for my high school GPA. I knew that I was going to go to community college after high school, simply for financial considerations. If memory serves, I started taking classes at the local community college at 14 years old. I took a class in Orienteering and Navigation with my Mom, just for fun. Then I had to take a class there my senior year of high school to get enough units to graduate, because I had failed too many in high school. Looking back, I'm not even entirely sure I fully recognized the difference between a community college and a 4-year college/university at the time. I picked a college that was in a beautiful area, somewhere around a lot of nature where I would want to live, and went there. It was Feather River College in Quincy, California. Although many people in my ...