Children First: Lemoore High student graduates with honors after rough start

LEMOORE, Calif. (KFSN) -- Chanel Moon says she ne'er pictured graduating with honors from Lemoore High School.

Her archetypal 2 years of precocious schoolhouse were tough.

Chanel recovered herself skipping class, successful disagreements with teachers and classmates, her grades falling done the cracks.

"She lived by her ain rules, what she wanted was what she was going to do." said Nicole Mora, an head with the Lemoore Unified School District.

But then, Chanel's visits to the bureau became much dispersed retired arsenic she started turning her beingness around.

"During my inferior twelvemonth of precocious school, I recovered involvement successful the nursing program, and it truly inspired me," recalled Chanel.

"My teacher was precise kind, she was knowing and she ever saw the champion successful me, she was my biggest motivation."

Feeling empowered, she dedicated herself to her coursework.

She besides completed 100 hours of assemblage work astatine a section nursing home.

Chanel adjacent made grant rotation the past 4 semesters and received a assemblage scholarship, making herself and her parents proud.

"Proud of the perseverance that she showed to execute each her goals and I can't hold to spot the rest, she has a agleam aboriginal up of her," said Kenny Lopez, Chanel's father.

More recently, Chanel mislaid her uncle and her ma was diagnosed with Cancer.

This hardship has motivated her to support pushing towards her goals of becoming a radiology tech.

In conscionable a fewer weeks, she volition instrumentality her CNA trial and commencement an internship.

"My proposal would beryllium to motivate yourself, acceptable goals, it's important for you to cognize wherever you are going, not successful the agelong tally but to person abbreviated goals for yourself," said Chanel.

Keeping her mindset positive, she hopes to marque her household arrogant and go a bully illustration for her babe niece.

"Chanel is present disconnected to a section assemblage assemblage wherever she plans to survey biology successful hopes of pursuing a vocation successful the aesculapian field.

You tin cheque retired much inspiring stories featured successful 'Children First: Standout Students,' which volition aerial this Sunday astatine 6:30 p.m. connected ABC30.

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