At just 21 years old, first-generation college student Alyssa Wilbanks has learned that success knows no age. She has spent her adolescent years embracing education and using her knowledge to assist individuals in obtaining Social Security benefits through Unbound Disability Claims — a startup business she co-founded.
Friday, Wilbanks will graduate with a bachelor’s in health sciences and two minors in business and health services administration. She says her time at UCF has helped her navigate the road map to creating this business.
“My degree helped me understand the medical jargon about what’s going on with the applicant, like their conditions and the basics of what their treatment may look like,” Wilbanks says. “The business minor has helped me learn the little things that I may not have known by learning the hard way; networking, creating connections and working on the business.”
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– By Grayson Keglovic