Nayzia Thomas
KANSAS CITY, Kansas, December 22, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – A Kansas City college student succeeded in completing her fall semester on time and with good grades, even as the birth of her first child was imminent, and she said her experience shows that you can do anything.
A photo of Nayzia Thomas working to complete her final exam as she labored to deliver her son in a Shawnee Mission Medical Center hospital bed has gone viral, garnering nationwide attention for the story of a young mom who persevered.
Thomas, 19, and a sophomore at Johnson County Community College, pushed hard to finish toward the end of the semester, knowing that once her baby arrived he’d be her top priority.
“I was feeling I needed everything done because once he got here that was going to be my only focus,” she told InsideEdition.com. “I didn’t need any distractions.”
Her final psychology exam was due at the end of the week of December 11. Thomas recounted how her professor was very considerate in working with her, and also impressed with her resolve to finish.
“I told her I was determined to get it into her because I didn’t want
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