Mark Byrd, Superintendent, Wilkes County Schools, shares his personal journey through uncertain times to community college and eventually to Appalachian State. His journey is an inspiration for other students in rural NC.

Mark Byrd, Superintendent, Wilkes County Schools, shares how he inspired a senior who was dropping out of school with two or three weeks left in the school year. The student believed he couldn’t get into a four-year college and felt he “wouldn’t amount to anything” going to community college.