Westminster, SCORE kick off alliance with focus on female entrepreneurs

Posted on Monday, January 27, 2020

NEW WILMINGTON — After April Munson graduated with honors from Sharon High School, she enrolled in Westminster College, but things didn’t work out.

“I felt like I didn’t know what I was here for,” she said.

So Munson dropped out and went to work. Without a car, she was confined to working at places — McDonald’s in downtown Sharon and Quaker Steak and Lube — within walking distance of her home.

After she got a car, Munson expanded her occupational net to include retail work at the Grove City Premium Outlets and businesses in Ohio. But working several jobs fueled a desire for returning to college.

“That’s when it hit me,” Munson said. “I didn’t want this to be the rest of my life.”

It won’t be. Now 28, Munson is a junior at Westminster College. Read more. . .