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 [Education & Workforce Development](/categories/education-workforce-development)

 # When a Second Chance at Education Changes Your Life

 

##### By Heather Seuell GEDWorks graduate

 

 

 Dec 19, 2016 8:15 AM ET

  Campaign:  [Creating Opportunity](/news/campaign/creating-opportunity-0) [As featured on Walmart Today | Offical Blog of Walmart ](http://blog.walmart.com/opportunity/20161206/when-a-second-chance-at-education-changes-your-life)

My husband, an assistant manager at the Walmart supercenter in Palakta, FL, was searching for advancement opportunities on [WalmartOne.com](https://us.walmartone.com/en/walmart/Education/2147497557/Education-And-Careers/) – the company intranet. What jumped out at me was the fact that eligible family members of Walmart associates could earn their high school equivalency free of charge via [GEDWorks](https://us.walmartone.com/en/Education/General/2147509857/GEDWorks/) or the [Career Online High School](https://us.walmartone.com/en/Education/General/2147497468/Career-Online-High-School/) program. A bad situation as a teenager kept me from finishing high school – and bills and the decision to start a family made it difficult to ever hop back in and get it done.

But with this, someone was willing to pay my way. I was a little nervous about being lost or overwhelmed at first, but a counselor was always available to answer my questions from the second I enrolled in the program. A short while later, I’d passed my tests and had my high school equivalency. The feeling of pride is beyond anything I’ve ever experienced, and I’m already focused on going to school to become an obstetrics nurse.

I’ve seen the doors Walmart has opened for my husband in his career. The fact that the company is willing to invest in the education of eligible family members like myself, through its [Lifelong Learning program](https://us.walmartone.com/en/walmart/Education/2147497557/Education-And-Careers/), is a blessing.

[Go to **Walmart Today** to learn more ](http://blog.walmart.com/opportunity/20161206/when-a-second-chance-at-education-changes-your-life)



 

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