Try to imagine what it means living with food insecurity as you try to attend classes, study, and function in your day to day routines. Aside from the physical pangs of hunger, fatigue, dwindling energy and the inability to concentrate, that empty, growling feeling within your stomach, that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

I couldn’t wait to get to college.

It certainly ranks near the top of one of the best times in my life—socially, athletically, educationally, and culturally—I loved college. After obtaining my “Abitur” and graduating from the German high-school system, my parents put me on a plane to Georgia where I worked odd jobs in preparation for college expenses beyond tuition, room and board.