Matt Faucher comes from a family of five in Berlin. He worked all through high school, and during summers. For a while, he thought college was probably out of financial reach. A scholarship from the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund helped put Matt on the road to a degree and a career.
This spring, he will earn his associate degree in information technology from White Mountains Community College — and then go on for a bachelor’s. He is in a “dual admission” program, which means his credits from WMCC will transfer to a New Hampshire public college or university and count directly toward his bachelor’s, which he will be able to complete in two years. He’s leaning toward a career in cyber security.
“College was something I thought I would never really be able to do,” Matt said, “but between the Pell Grant and New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and what I was able to save during high school, that made it possible. I really just want to say ‘thank you.’”
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