Shannon Probasco

I have worked so hard since 2010 to get to where I am and at times (I will not lie to you it is extremely hard) I want to quit but I have to keep going not only for me but my 4 kids. I started my journey 12 years ago with just the intention of pursuing my Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Health Services Management, I did that and I graduated with Honor's (Cum Laude) from DeVry University in 2018. If only I knew that was not the end for me, wow that was just my start. I decided to go back to school 3 months later, my goodness when I did that I had no idea that my choice would change my life in so many ways (this is the emotional part). I started my academic career with the Chicago School of Professional Psychology (grad school) working towards my Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and when I say this opened doors for me, I mean not only academically but in my personal life. This was 2018 and 2019 that year I made a major change in my personal life when I started school. I moved out of a toxic environment and moved on with my life along with my children and just started over again. My academic career did not change, well it did for the better I was inducted into 2 more honor societies after that within a 6 month to 12 month time frame. I also began dating again and now we are engaged. Being with this university I am training as an intern/counselor with Catholic Charities helping those who need it mentally and it is more than rewarding to me. When it came time to do fieldwork and internship in years 3 and 4 is when I started to find myself again through helping others and I found my purpose and calling. I have more to tell through my testimony and transformation as well as growing to do. If it did not go back to school again my life would not have unfolded in the way that it did. I love this life that I created just by making simple changes and the direction that I took. It was that simple, I chose to enroll again to a career I always wanted, cost me really nothing but an application fee but it was refunded to me, I chose to move out of a bad marriage and honestly I am still on good terms with him, and those decisions that were not all that costly changed my life for the better.