11Angela Marcus, 26, received a bachelor of science degree in accounting and management from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Although she had a toddler to raise as a single parent and a dying mother to care for, Marcus earned her degree, raised the quality of life for her family and bought a new house for her mother. She is the first member of her family to graduate with a four-year degree from a major university. Marcus worked part-time and then full-time to support herself and her young son, Eddie, while also helping to care for her mother, who died of cancer in 1998. Despite her personal struggles, Marcus became president of the student chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants.
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