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There are few people as determined as Spencer. She enlisted in the U.S. Army at age 17 and served in Syria at age 23, deferring a year of her doctorate program. The native of Queens, New York, endured the loss of her mother to cancer and her childhood home to Hurricane Sandy.

Now a staff sergeant, she has one year left to juggle Army Reserve duties with her studies before she graduates and becomes a physical therapist.

鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 do all of this without the Marist community,鈥� she said, crediting the flexibility of her DPT professors, the Office of Accommodations鈥� assistance, and Marist鈥檚 participation in the GI Bill鈥檚 Yellow Ribbon Program for tuition assistance.

鈥淚t鈥檚 the professors who give me the support to do both study and serve in the military,鈥� she said.

Spencer doesn鈥檛 fear challenges or hard work. Her life鈥檚 hardships have only strengthened her resolve to make a difference in the world of medicine.

鈥淎s a medic in the military, after I patched up a patient, I wouldn鈥檛 learn if they made it or walked again. That鈥檚 really hard to deal with,鈥� said Spencer. 鈥淎s a physical therapist, I will get to form longer relationships and see the outcomes.鈥�