The Carolina Covenant comes full circle

High school counselor Jessica Redmond ’13 gives back every day through her chosen career. 

Her own high school counselor encouraged Jessica to apply to UNC-Chapel Hill, but with two siblings already in college, she wasn’t sure her family could afford the tuition. Her counselor helped her apply for aid, and Jessica received the Carolina Covenant Scholarship.

She majored in psychology and immediately began giving back by signing up for the Carolina College Advising Corps, which places recent graduates in public schools in rural and underserved areas of the state to serve as college advisors. 

“I knew that when I graduated, I wanted to be in a position where I could give back to others to aid them in that transition,” Jessica shared.

She went on to obtain two master’s degrees and is now a counselor at Jordan High School in Durham, North Carolina, where she continues to help students realize their college potential. 

Her Carolina Covenant experience has come full circle — two of her former students enrolled at UNC-Chapel Hill this fall, thanks to the Carolina Covenant’s debt-free opportunity.

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