Woman pays tuition bill for Merced College student who could not afford it

Tuesday, December 17, 2019
A North Valley student was given the gift of a stress-free holiday, thanks to a random stranger's act of kindness.

Merced College posted a photo of a woman named Becky and her daughter Sadi.
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Becky was at the school to pay her daughter's school tuition for Spring 2020 when she heard the student in line in front of her could not pay his bill.
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She says - she remembered her own struggles as a student so she paid his tuition as well.

Becky says she just wanted to pay it forward and hopes he will continue with school and succeed.
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