>>> WE'RE BACK NOW WITH A MOM OF FIVE DETERMINED TO HELP TEEN MOMS AND DADS PURSUE THEIR DREAMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AFTER BEING A TEEN MOM HERSELF. TAKE A LOOK. >> GENERATION HOPE IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS TEEN PARENTS EARN THEIR COLLEGE DEGREES WHILE ALSO HELPING THEIR CHILDREN GET READY FOR KINDERGARTEN. WE ALSO ADVOCATE FOR AND WITH PARENTING COLLEGE STUDENTS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. >> I THINK PEOPLE HAVE VERY STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT TEEN PREGNANCY. IT'S WRAPPED UP IN POVERTY AND RACE AND GENDER AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT WE DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. I KNEW FROM MY OWN LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT COLLEGE HAD BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR ME AND MY DAUGHTER. MY PARENTS VERY MUCH EMPHASIZED EDUCATION WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. IN MY SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL I FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT. EVERYTHING ABOUT MY LIFE WAS THE OPPOSITE OF COLLEGE AND, YET, I HELD ON TO THAT DREAM OF GOING TO SCHOOL. AND SO I STARTED AT THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY IN VIRGINIA WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS A LITTLE UNDER 3 MONTHS OLD. IT WAS REALLY INTIMIDATING. I GRADUATED IN FOUR YEARS AND MY DAUGHTER WALKED ACROSS THE GRADUATION STAGE WITH ME AND IT WAS THIS INCREDIBLE MOMENT PEOPLE TELL YOU IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. AT GENERATION HOPE WE'RE DEALING WITH THE ANCILLARY ISSUES OUR STUDENTS FACE IN GETTING THAT COLLEGE DEGREE. WE'VE HELPED THEM THROUGH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HOUSING ISSUES, TUITION AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. WE SERVE 142 TEEN MOMS AND DADS ACROSS THE D.C. METRO REGION. >> YOU READY TO COUNT DOWN? >> ONE, TWO -- >> IN MY SOPHOMORE YEAR I GOT PREGNANT. THAT'S WHEN I GOT CONNECTED WITH GENERATION HOPE. IT WAS REALLY COMFORTING AND INSPIRING TO HAVE PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM AND PEOPLE LIKE NICOLE WHO WERE JUST AS COMMITTED AS I AM TO BECOMING A BETTER PERSON. I WAS ABLE TO GRADUATE IN MAY OF 2022 WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. >> MY FAMILY IS VERY PROUD. I'M NOW A MOTHER OF FIVE. NARISSA IS 23 AND IN COLLEGE HERSELF. OUR YOUNGEST IS 17 MONTHS OLD. THIS EXPERIENCE HAD TO HAPPEN IN A WAY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS WORK. WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE A TEEN PREGNANCY, IT'S A LOT OF SHORT-TERM SACRIFICE AND CHALLENGES AND DIFFICULTY FOR LONG-TERM BENEFIT. IT DOES PAY OFF. >> HOW ABOUT THAT? NICOLE GIVING SO MANY GIRLS OUT THERE HOPE. HOPE THAT THEY CAN MOVE ON AND ACHIEVE SUCCESS. YOU'RE A PRODUCT OF A TEEN MOM. >> I AM. I WAS BORN TO A TEEN MOM. I'M PROUD OF EVERYTHING MY MOM WAS ABLE TO GIVE ME AND ACCOMPLISH THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. I'M SO PROUD OF THE FACT AND WHAT SHE DID EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD ME SO YOUNG. ALL MOMS ARE INCREDIBLE,