Working at Harbor House, where child victims of physical or sexual abuse receive help, was difficult for Celestia Price at first.
“You have to have the right disposition to do it, and it’s hard at first not to get too attached to the children,” she said. “You have to take a step back because you realize how much good a center like this is doing, and you feel for the victim, but you can’t get so attached you can’t do your job.”
Through her undergraduate work at Shorter College as a psychology major, Price spent two semesters interning with Harbor House. She volunteered and helped professionals and law enforcement personnel advocate for children suspected victims of sexual/physical abuse.
Price, one of 400-plus students graduating from Shorter today, is going to law school in the fall in hopes of becoming a prosecutor. She said working at Harbor House opened her eyes to what she wanted to pursue as a career.
“This was the final push, and as I looked at different law schools, I was more and more excited, which reinforced what I decided to do,” said Price, who has received a full scholarship to Quinnipiac University’s School of Law in Hamden, Conn. “In the past I always considered a law career. I wasn’t sure I could separate myself, but I realized I could.”
Price comes to Shorter from Monroe, N.C. The small campus not too far from home appealed to Price, who also earned two minors in history and political science, which she says will help her as a prosecutor.
“I’m ready for a change. I’ve enjoyed my experience here though I’ve never been away from home this long,” said Price. “Now I’m moving further away, but I’m excited about exploring something new.
“But when I visited the school (Quinnipiac), I fell in love,” she said. “And it was a weight off my shoulders that I wouldn’t have a future in debt because prosecutors don’t make as much as corporate or defense attorneys, but I don’t have to pick a job based on salary because of debt.”
Price said she will miss the relationships she developed with the professors at Shorter.
“They care about the students, and there’s a lot of personal interest — they become friends,” she said. “They want you to succeed, but I didn’t expect to be friends with my professors, but it’s a good thing about Shorter.”
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