Hope International University

I walked out of the HIU MFT program for the last time last spring. It is amazing to look back on the last 4 years in just awe. I transferred from Santiago Community College to Hope’s Undergrad, 2 years later I graduated with my B. A in Psych and enrolled in the HIU MFT program, and again 2 years later received my M. A in Marriage and Family Therapy.
When you first go to college you completely underestimate the impact a GREAT university will have on your own development. All you see at first is classes and projects and you keep your head down and move forward. But at HOPE, things are different, you grow into a community even if you DON’T think you will. You make friends that become family, you meet Professors that become mentors and then you wake up realizing that YESTERDAY was the last day as a student and today becomes your first day of the rest of your career! If I could say anything to the Students who are starting this program or the Students who are looking to start this program, dig in deep with this foundation, get every ounce out of this program you possibly CAN because one day you will not have a chance to BE HERE, EXPERIENCE THIS and have the opportunity to take this for GRANTED. As I walked away last night I thought of, «I wish I would have gone on the days I skipped». I don’t take much time away from classes but even the few times YOU DO… you will think of on your last day. When you realize you DON’T have any more classes to attend.
In closing I look at it like this, you can go to any college and get student loans. But having been to multiple colleges, I look at my student loan payment and I KNOW I got a top of the line education. I know I was prepared for the world in which I received my degree, and I know the money I invested was worth EVERY PENNY.

Its not the main campus but the Anaheim classrooms on the 9^th floor of an office building are really nice… even the bathrooms are like nice hotel bathrooms… Location is near the 57 Freeway and is not far from Disneyland and the Honda Center