WINTER HAVEN, Fla., March 19 -- Polk State College issued the following news release:
As Marlee Nickerson was on the cusp of graduating from Polk State College with her Associate in Science in Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA), she aspired to a supervisory position within five years. Instead, it took her less than three.
Nickerson, 24, graduated from the program in December 2020. Nickerson served as the student president of the OTA Club during her time at Polk State.
"The small classroom sizes helped get that one-on-one interaction you needed with the professors," she said. "Even on days when we didn't have lectures, the labs were always open. There was always a place to study."
A native of Umatilla in Lake County, Nickerson began he...