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June 2006

A Vietnamese immigrant, Phuong “Kim” Trinh started at Highline as a Running Start student September, 2004.

Highline was her haven and, for the first time in three years, she felt comfortable being at school. A few days before finals, her writing instructor recommended that she should join the Honors Program.

Dr. Barbara Clinton, among many other instructors, believed that she was gifted, that the story she wrote for her first personal statement was good enough to be published, and that she had a shot at being accepted at some private, prestigious liberal arts institution.

By the time Kim graduated from Highline in June 2006 with a 3.99 GPA, she was an Honors Scholar, Lead Writing Consultant of the Writing Center, Chapter Vice President of Phi Theta Kappa, and Treasurer of the Creative Writing Club.

Kim was accepted at Whitman College where she'll start as a junior August 2006. She was awarded a Gates Millennium Scholarship and W.O. Douglas Scholarship from Whitman.

In Kim's words: "I first came to Highline looking for an escape route. What I found was not the quiet way out but an opportunity to recognize my strengths and my self. What I found was a door which I was able to open."

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P.O. Box 98000
2400 S. 240th St
Des Moines, WA 98198
(206) 878-3710
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