 Welcome to Highline College, Washington State's most diverse community college and the first community college in King County. Located on a beautiful hillside just 20 minutes from downtown Seattle, Highline College is here to help you reach your dreams and find your place in the world. With over 100 languages spoken amongst the student population, J.D. Jenkins appreciates the rich tapestry of life at Highline. When you walk on campus, you're going to walk onto a campus that has a ton of faces that don't look like you. To interact with people from other countries, other cultures is something that's going to enrich your life profoundly. I love how diverse Highline is. It's just this constant influx of information. It's like a sponge you just soak it all in. Laura Garcia decided to return to school after finding herself struggling to make ends meet as a single mom. The mornings at our house, they're pretty crazy but it's my favorite time. The silliness comes out. Mommy, I can give you my ticket. I love it. My older two are a little bit more independent. They can kind of get themselves ready and then my little one takes a little bit more time and stuff. I messed up on this foot. That one looks good. Whether you're a recent high school graduate or like J.D. and Laura looking to start a new career, Highline College is here to help you reach your goals. Our dedicated faculty is passionate about teaching and will take the time to get to know you and help you succeed in the classroom and beyond. They're very personable. They want to know your personal story. One of the first people I met at Highline was Dr. Phillips. Alright, so why don't you show me your homework assignment. She became my advisor and from the first meeting on, she's been able to guide me and help me navigate the system here at Highline. Right now I'm working towards my A.A. in respiratory care. It's a two-year program. The first two quarters you're just here on campus and then after the third quarter you start going out in clinical rotations. So when I graduate in June and pass my boards, I will be a licensed registered respiratory therapist. And I think Highline is setting me up very well to actually go out into the field and work. Just talking to the people who graduated last June before me, they're all working. They're all working in these very same hospitals that I'm volunteering at right now. Like Laura, JD understands the need for practical degree. I came to Highline because they offer courses that allow you to get a job immediately. Meaning that the applications that we're going to be learning are skill sets that companies are looking to hire for right now. JD's take true to his goals and completed the coursework required to earn his associate degree. You walk across the stage, you see your family in the stands and you know that what you've been doing over the last two years is working and it gives you a big boost of confidence in going forward. I knew that after I had received my associates I would need to earn a bachelor's degree next. Fortunately for me, Highline now offers four-year degrees. So I got to stay here at Highline rather than go to a four-year institution, rack up a lot of debt and it allowed me to continue the relationship building that I had already made with professors and some of the alumni here on campus. I have a new board now and with that comes a lot of responsibility. So Highline has given me a lot of tools and a lot of promise of going forward. I always have a goal. How am I going to get through this week? How am I going to get through this quarter or next quarter? Keep revisiting that goal and making sure you're on the right path and it's entirely doable. I recommend to everybody to go back to school. If you're even thinking about it, there's a reason it's on your radar. Go for it. When you are ready to take your studies and your career to the next level, Highline College is here for you. You can do it. We can help. Learn more at Highline.edu.