Former prisoner graduates with a master's degree to encourage her sons

A Black Women magazine in the United States has highlighted the story of a female prisoner who has gone above and beyond the norm and made sure she studied until she got a master's degree despite being a prisoner in prison.

The woman named Margaret Hall, a 47-year-old criminal from Arizona, is a mother of six children and graduated with the degree, which is her third in less than five years, for what she said was that her children encouraged and motivated her to study until the maximum.

Hall was sentenced to 6 months in federal prison for a class C misdemeanor, but now due to wanting to fade the image in the eyes of many who saw her as a criminal, she studied and graduated with a master's degree in professional law studies from the college of Arizona State University.

The magazine reports that Margaret initially enrolled in a local community college because she felt afraid of becoming a criminal. However, after studying hard and getting a scholarship, she became more confident and soon transferred to ASU. She says that she has been in class every semester for the past 5 years with no summers and no breaks.

What was her motivation? She was very determined to encourage her children. She says, "I didn't want my children to think that that would be the last chapter of my story." She also gave strong advice to others who may be in the same situation that she found herself in by suggesting the motto that, "It doesn't matter where you start, but where you end up is the most important and lasting."

As for her future, she says she wants to start a grant-writing business to support non-profit organizations that help others achieve success.