![A woman and man stand in white tshirts holding large scholarship check](https://blog.oneill.indianapolis.iu.edu/files/2021/09/Candace-Smallwood-check-square.jpg)
Candace Smallwood is the first in her family to attend college. Her mother is a preschool teacher—her father, an aviation mechanic. “Even though they hadn’t attended college, my parents were incredibly encouraging and gave me the critical emotional support I needed to know that I belonged here,” she says. “IUPUI and O’Neill picked up the baton… Read more »