VCU: Class of 2024 - Deja Cooke Returned to College to Pursue a Dream of a Career in Criminal Justice
April 17, 2024
April 17, 2024
RICHMOND, Virginia, April 17 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news:
By Brian McNeill
After graduating high school in 2015, Deja Cooke enrolled at Old Dominion University, but it wasn't a good fit. She returned home to Richmond and started classes at Reynolds Community College, but she put her academic dreams on hold while working two jobs at a grocery store and hotel to make ends meet.
In 2019, Cooke secured a job at VCU Health as a . . .
By Brian McNeill
After graduating high school in 2015, Deja Cooke enrolled at Old Dominion University, but it wasn't a good fit. She returned home to Richmond and started classes at Reynolds Community College, but she put her academic dreams on hold while working two jobs at a grocery store and hotel to make ends meet.
In 2019, Cooke secured a job at VCU Health as a . . .