Teresita Gonzalez, LaGuardia Community College ’22, is a chef in the making 👩🏾🍳. In 2015, she dropped out of BMCC and later struggled with financial insecurity during the pandemic. Despite being furloughed from her job twice, she persevered with help from CUNY ASAP and excelled, landing spots on the Dean’s List and the Alpha Theta Phi Honor Society. She hopes to one day get a Ph.D. in food studies.