{"id":20123,"date":"2025-07-11T14:31:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/?p=20123"},"modified":"2025-07-11T14:31:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:31:17","slug":"from-classroom-to-community-elika-gibsons-outstanding-undergraduate-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/2025\/07\/11\/from-classroom-to-community-elika-gibsons-outstanding-undergraduate-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"From Classroom to Community: Elika Gibson\u2019s Outstanding Undergraduate Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Elika Gibson didn\u2019t just earn a degree\u2014she discovered her voice, her purpose, and her power to uplift others. A graduate of CU Denver\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/education.ucdenver.edu\/home\">School of Education &amp; Human Development<\/a>\u00a0in Spring 2025, Elika completed her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/education.ucdenver.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/human-development-and-family-relations\">BS in Human Development and Family Relations<\/a> (HDFR) with distinction. As a first-generation American, she was drawn to a field where she could turn personal experience into meaningful impact. Through resilience, reflection, and a deep commitment to community, Elika emerged as a standout undergraduate\u2014ready to support families, advocate for equity, and help others reclaim their potential. Her time in the program was shaped by resilience, meaningful learning, and a deep sense of purpose. Her story is one of growth, grit, and a future grounded in compassion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/education.ucdenver.edu\/about-us\/newsroom\/news\/from-classroom-to-community--elika-gibson-s-outstanding-undergraduate-journey\"><strong>Click here to read more on the SEHD Newsroom site<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Elika Gibson didn\u2019t just earn a degree\u2014she discovered her voice, her purpose, and her power to uplift others. A graduate of CU Denver\u2019s School of Education &amp; Human Development\u00a0in Spring 2025, Elika completed her\u00a0BS in Human Development and Family Relations (HDFR) with distinction. As a first-generation American, she was drawn to a field where she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20124,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20123\/revisions\/20124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}