2022 COI Great Grads Fall

Gladys Sin
BAS in Learning Technologies, Information Systems Concentration

Finding pathways and resources to keep going:

Gladys Sin graduated from Ranchview High School in 2014 and spent a semester at the University of Texas at Dallas. Then her family moved back to Singapore. The need to balance school and bills was too much for Gladys to handle at that time, so she dropped out of UTD. Once in a stable job, Gladys resumed her academic journey at Dallas County Community College since most classes were available online. This provided her with the ability to continue working full time.  

In 2016 Gladys registered at UNT and moved to Denton with her brother (she had learned from him that UNT had great options for non-traditional students, and the online options were truly broad). In 2017, she began working at Amazon as a Fulfillment Center Associate. The fixed schedule permitted Gladys the ability to increase her course load each semester, and her professional interests made a Bachelor of Applied Science in Learning Technologies with an Information Systems concentration an easy choice. Gladys slowly moved up the ladder within the company, from Process Assistant to Area Manager (managing approximately 125 employees in her department) and is now a Program Manager for the North American Customer Fulfillment team of Amazon. Throughout her career at Amazon, she's continued taking courses at UNT and managed her time by balancing responsibilities both at work and in school. Gladys shares “Blanca Hull is the person I've relied on heavily to continuously reflect and understand if I am still on track for graduation; every conversation with her has made me feel like I'm truly moving closer and closer to my dreams.”

With a path that provided the ability to work and study, people to assist her, like Blanca, and resources that UNT offers, Gladys found the pathway to finishing her degree and will graduate at the end of the semester, fall 2022. She is a perfect example of a COI Great Grad.