Mrs. Jasmine Kelley is a full-time remote student at TAMUT. In addition, she is taking classes at Collin College (in person) in Frisco, TX. She is goal-oriented and has mastered the art of juggling life’s obstacles.

Mrs. Kelley was born in San Diego, California, and moved to Texas when she was young. She spent two years on the Texarkana campus before moving to Frisco due to unforeseen financial issues. “I always knew I would go to college,” Kelley said. She dreams of receiving a bachelor’s in mass communications and pursuing a career in broadcasting. Kelley is currently on a waiting list to intern with WFAA 8. Recently, she completed an esthetician course and will continue gaining knowledge in that trade to earn an additional source of income while she finishes school.

Being a child of a sailor, her father raised her with love and structure. Many of the things he learned from the Navy bled over into his parenting. Jasmine thinks her father’s military training helped him to equip her with many skills. Mrs. Kelley’s mother continually expands her knowledge in many different areas of life. She describes her mother as eager to try new things, encouraging Jasmine to keep growing her skill set.

Jasmine is a health enthusiast, lover of skincare, and fashionista. “We are just very gym oriented, feel good oriented, we are big on health,” Jasmine said. She finds peace in gardening, an activity she has taken up with her mother. Recently, she has experienced significant loss and is learning how to adjust to life after a traumatic miscarriage. “Once you get pregnant, your whole world changes; you start thinking like a mom.” And she says that it was a “weird” adjustment, having to suddenly go back to how life was before.

However, Jasmine has turned the deeply unfortunate into something genuine. Jasmine Kelley allowed this unexpected paradigm shift to encourage and fuel her drive to focus on school and career.