[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/web.bellus.qa.dev-q.com\/testimonials\/mothers-day-student-feature-sherry-walter\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/web.bellus.qa.dev-q.com\/testimonials\/mothers-day-student-feature-sherry-walter\/","headline":"Mother’s Day Student Feature: Sherry Walter","name":"Mother’s Day Student Feature: Sherry Walter","description":"Sherry Walter Program: Cosmetology Start Date: July 2015 Projected Graduation Date: May 2016 Names and ages of kids:\u00a0Emily, 26 years\u00a0old; Andrew, 25 years old; Molly, 24 years old; ...","datePublished":"2016-05-04","dateModified":"2025-04-21","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/web.bellus.qa.dev-q.com\/author\/bellus-editor\/#Person","name":"Bellus Editor","url":"https:\/\/web.bellus.qa.dev-q.com\/author\/bellus-editor\/","identifier":3,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Bellus Academy","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Purple_Logo_Bellus_horizontal.png","url":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Purple_Logo_Bellus_horizontal.png","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/hero-2023-flipped.webp","url":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/hero-2023-flipped.webp","width":100,"height":100},"url":"https:\/\/web.bellus.qa.dev-q.com\/testimonials\/mothers-day-student-feature-sherry-walter\/","about":["Testimonials"],"wordCount":395,"articleBody":"Sherry WalterProgram: CosmetologyStart Date: July 2015Projected Graduation Date: May 2016Names and ages of kids:\u00a0Emily, 26 years\u00a0old; Andrew, 25 years old; Molly, 24 years old; Sam, 22 years old; Sarah, 21 years old; Scott, 19 years old; Alison, 19 years oldThe most rewarding part of being a mom:To see them now as they are on\u00a0their\u00a0own. It was my greatest focus and now I feel my greatest accomplishment to see all of them live with the morals and values that I taught them growing up. That is my most rewarding feeling of being a mother.The most challenging thing about going to school and being a mom:It’s actually been an opportunity with my kids being older that they now support me going to school and help me with whatever I need. They have also been my models whenever I needed them to come into the school to\u00a0help\u00a0me practice. They are proud of me. \u00a0 \u00a0What made you decide to go to school at this point in your life?I always wanted to do it and at this point in my life, I\u00a0decided\u00a0to put me first and pursue what I was passionate about. I actually made a decision five years ago to go to school and someone talked me out of it. They said I needed a 4-year degree to have a good job. I realized after reading and visiting with professionals in the\u00a0beauty industry that the income opportunity was great and that my success would be based on my own motivation and desire to earn what I wanted in an industry that had such great potential.What advice do you have for other moms who are contemplating about going back to school?Don’t wait! Follow your heart as it took me too many years to figure out that my happiness in a job was important to the happiness of my family. I wish I would have done it a long time ago. So in short, I would tell anyone\u00a0that\u00a0has thought about this career to check it out and don’t\u00a0procrastinate.How do you plan on spending Mother\u2019s Day?Hopefully with some of my children. I know I won’t get to see them all. Most importantly what I want is to not have to cook for everyone and instead maybe have someone cook for me!"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Testimonials","item":"https:\/\/web.bellus.qa.dev-q.com\/testimonials\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mother’s Day Student Feature: Sherry Walter","item":"https:\/\/web.bellus.qa.dev-q.com\/testimonials\/mothers-day-student-feature-sherry-walter\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]