鈥淎lbert鈥 told his story to special visitor Dr. Jill Biden in order to bring notice to a very unique tuition assistance program provided to Valencia College鈥檚 homeless students. Not only was Albert homeless, his background was indicative of failure
and through education he turned his life around and helped others with similar backgrounds. His voice resonates with his message, which was that going to Valencia College and 鈥淒irectConnecting to UCF鈥 changed not only his life, but many others, and
now his goal is to give back by assisting others to take this path to success. Albert made the transition from 鈥渟treet smart鈥 to 鈥渞eality smart.鈥