Reflection about my thesis

A lot has happened since a year ago. I moved to California in August, 2007. Started a new job in August and started working on my thesis. This has been a very difficult year for me because I had too many commitments all at once that I thought I would never get my thesis done.

The day is almost here! May 13, I will graduate. I thought I will never see this day. I would like to thanks my advisor, Dr. Laura Zieger from NJCU for all her help during the last two years. She has been great throughout this entire process. Without her continue support and encouragement, it would have been very difficult for me to accomplish writing my thesis. I would like to thanks Sofia Portela, for helping me with the structure of my thesis. She has been an invaluable asset to all of us and to NJCU.

I would like to acknowledge my family for being there for me these last four years. Without their loving support, I wouldn't have been able to continue. To my dear nephew Jorge, thank you for fixing my computer. There were many times that I thought I would never make the deadlines of my assignments.

I would like to thanks, Julie Ruiz, my colleague and dear friend who has been there for me during the good and bad times. Many times we were going crazy staying late at night on the phone talking about the structure of our theses. There were many times we thought we would never finish. We gave each other support. Thank you Julie for being there for me.

Thank you to all my colleagues who took their time to fill out the survey. Without your support or  help, I would never been able to complete my thesis.

Marianita Lemma