{"id":88265,"date":"2019-04-24T11:23:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T16:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=88265"},"modified":"2019-04-25T08:20:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T13:20:28","slug":"never-dimming-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/never-dimming-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Never Dimming Her Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The obstacles in the way of pursuing a college education began well before Lasherica Thornton stepped foot on the campus of the University of Mississippi.<a href=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/mother-two-develops-passion-nutrition-um\/journeytocommencement-logo-paths-with-the\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-88034\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-88034\" src=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/journeyTOcommencement-logo-paths-with-the-01-web-300x95.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/journeyTOcommencement-logo-paths-with-the-01-web-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/journeyTOcommencement-logo-paths-with-the-01-web-768x244.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/journeyTOcommencement-logo-paths-with-the-01-web-2048x651.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/journeyTOcommencement-logo-paths-with-the-01-web-640x203.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Type 1 diabetic and mother of two before she graduated from Bruce High School at the top of her class, Thornton was never a stranger to adversity.<\/p>\n<p>Click the image below to read Thornton\u2019s story, which is part of the \u201cJourney to Commencement\u201d series that highlights University of Mississippi students and their academic and personal journeys from college student to college graduate.<br \/>\n<script id=\"asp-embed-script\" data-zindex=\"1000000\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/page-embed.js\"><\/script><a class=\"asp-embed-link\" href=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/page\/0ymEUGRbgVp7x\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/page\/0ymEUGRbgVp7x\/embed.jpg?buster=1556122926418\" alt=\"Never Dimming Her Light\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The obstacles in the way of pursuing a college education began well before Lasherica Thornton stepped foot on the campus of the University of Mississippi. 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