Inspiring profiles of four Louisianans who dropped out of high school, but whose lives are back on track now that they’ve earned their diploma via the HiSET® Test from ETS. Meet Latasha who endured homelessness while she studied to get her high school equivalency; Holden who dropped out of school when his girlfriend became pregnant but is now headed to college; Alexander who is determined to be a productive citizen once he gains freedom after 24 years in prison; and Tracy who is on her way to becoming a nurse after raising her children and a difficult life.
Previous films in this series profiled a blackjack dealer, a mechanical engineering student, a young mom and a prison inmate in Iowa; and a sound engineer, a factory worker, an animal trainer, a recent immigrant and an inmate in Maine, New Hampshire and Tennessee.