Lauren Albaum, 36

Lauren Albaum loved her college years — so much so that when it came time for her to graduate from Florida State University with a bachelor's of music in vocal performance, she realized she never wanted to leave. 

"I was blessed early on in that I fell in love with higher education — and not just the actual process of going through it myself, but finding you could work in it. And so that's what I did. I graduated from being a college student myself and just continued in that space."

Photo by Mark Wemple