
Head Start Shaped Her Path to PhD and Helping Students
A 1965 Head Start student became a PhD leader now opening doors for underserved learners. Dr. Iris Cumberbatch's journey shows how early education investments pay forward for generations.
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A 1965 Head Start student became a PhD leader now opening doors for underserved learners. Dr. Iris Cumberbatch's journey shows how early education investments pay forward for generations.

Emily Sebastian, the first in her family to attend university, went from feeling small on a big campus to earning an Indigenous Achievement Award. The Métis student from a Saskatchewan town of 500 people is now graduating with her agriculture degree and launching her dream career.