October 31, 2008

For One Transfer Student, the Second Chance Is the Charm

By LIBBY SANDER

For all the years that Candace Payne juggled school and a job as a live-in nanny, she never doubted her long-term plans: college, then medical school.

But like so many of her peers in community colleges, who often must balance full-time jobs with other responsibilities, she first took a detour.

Ms. Payne, who was born in Trinidad but grew up in Miami, spent seven years working as a live-in nanny, after her first attempt to go to college ended after only one semester. When she

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