天美传媒

by Kurt Gottschalk

鈥淲hen I visited Adelphi I just loved the campus and I loved the school.鈥�

鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 have gone through what I went through without their help,鈥� Valerie Leyland said. 鈥淭hey made the whole experience easy and smooth.鈥�

Samantha Leyland is part of a legacy at 天美传媒. While her mother had to forego college to enter the workforce, Leyland鈥檚 older sister, Nicole, and cousin, Matthew Messina, both attended the school, her sister studying art education and her cousin accounting.

Having her family enrolled made the decision easy.

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 want to go away but I knew I wanted to go into nursing,鈥� Samantha said. 鈥淲hen I visited Adelphi I just loved the campus and I loved the school.鈥�

When she was younger she wanted to be a teacher but seeing how much harder it is to get a job鈥攁nd having always liked science鈥攕teered her toward Adelphi鈥檚 . Time spent with her grandmother during a prolonged hospital stay also made her think nursing might be the path for her.

鈥淚 never felt uncomfortable there and I always really liked helping people,鈥� she said.

She now hopes to finish her degree and find work in 鈥渢he rush鈥� of a hospital emergency room.

鈥淵ou鈥檙e busy and you鈥檙e going to see more interesting things,鈥� she said.

But while Samantha is looking toward an exciting and rewarding future, it wasn鈥檛 always such a sure bet. Her mother, Valerie Leyland, a hairdresser in Floral Park, New York, wasn鈥檛 sure how she was going to see a second child through school. That鈥檚 when Adelphi鈥檚 stepped in to assist.

鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 have gone through what I went through without their help,鈥� Valerie Leyland said. 鈥淭hey made the whole experience easy and smooth.鈥�

Now, Valerie is happy to be seeing a second daughter through college.

鈥淲e鈥檙e close to home,鈥� Valerie said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a beautiful school, beautiful campus.鈥�