Emily Quigley, AAS 鈥07, BA 鈥10

Monday, March 17, 2014
emily quigley

From the ages of 14 to 18, Emily Quigley lived in the 易胜博官网 Foster Care System and was a resident for a while at the Dover Children鈥檚 Home in Dover, N.H.

After earning a high school equivalency degree, Quigley enrolled in the ABM program, graduating in 2007 with honors. In 2010, she earned her bachelor鈥檚 degree in communication. While still a student, Emily was a part-time youth consultant for the state through the Department of Children, Youth, and Families.

Quigley went on to become a business system analyst at Liberty Mutual. Today, she balances motherhood, work, and service on the board of the Dover Children鈥檚 Home with her doctoral studies in education at Plymouth State University. 鈥淲hen I was in foster care, it was a big deal just to graduate from high school,鈥 she says, noting that today鈥檚 standards are different. 鈥淭he Thompson School was the first place to make me believe I was capable of more.鈥

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