{"id":1199,"date":"2025-07-16T09:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T09:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2025-07-15T19:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:06:07","slug":"marshall-for-all-helps-education-major-rewrite-her-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/2025\/07\/16\/marshall-for-all-helps-education-major-rewrite-her-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall For All helps education major rewrite her future"},"content":{"rendered":"
For Lilu Stafford, a first-year elementary education major at Marshall University, the moment she found out she\u2019d been accepted into the Marshall For All<\/a> program was nothing short of life-changing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found out while on campus and automatically started crying,\u201d she recalled. \u201cIt was a huge burden lifted off me. It meant I could follow through with my plans to become a teacher without worrying about how I would pay it off with such a low income.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIt was a huge burden lifted off me. It meant I could follow through with my plans to become a teacher without worrying about how I would pay it off.<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t- Lilu Stafford<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

As a first-generation college student, Lilu knew the road to higher education would come with challenges\u2014but the support of Marshall For All made that road feel possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing from a family where no one is going to college, this opportunity changed my life. It reminded me that hard work pays off,\u201d she said. \u201cNow I want to become financially literate enough to help someone else in my shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"LiluMarshall For All provides the opportunity to earn a debt-free degree while empowering students like Lilu to focus on academics rather than stress about tuition or loans. It\u2019s also helped her build a vibrant social network through program-hosted events and connections.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve met so many new friends that I wouldn\u2019t have met otherwise. Being part of this program has pushed me to succeed and made me more confident,\u201d Lilu said. \u201cKnowing I was selected to be part of something that believes in me has made my college experience so much more meaningful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead of worrying about debt, Lilu now works part-time and uses her earnings to support herself. And as she continues her journey toward becoming a teacher, Lilu carries with her the confidence and community that Marshall For All helped provide.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goal is to give back. This program gave me hope, and I want to pass that on.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about Marshall University’s Marshall For All program and how it supports students like Lilu, visit www.marshall.edu\/marshallforall<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For Lilu Stafford, a first-year elementary education major at Marshall University, the moment she found out she\u2019d been accepted into the Marshall For All program was nothing short of life-changing. \u201cI found out while on campus and automatically started crying,\u201d she recalled. \u201cIt was a huge burden lifted off me. It meant I could follow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moments"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1210,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions\/1210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}