<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/student-stories-erin-wilson.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>09/27/2023</pubDate><title>Certificate eases path to MBA for working adult</title><description>Erin Wilson doesn’t shy away from a challenging situation, so it wasn't a surprise when she decided to take on another challenge—earning an MBA from The University of Baltimore. </description><author>Student Stories</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/erin_wilson_feature.jpg" alt="Erin Wilson stands outside the Student Center"/></image><image-cap/><quote>Sometimes we don’t believe in ourselves the way we should, because of things that we went through.</quote><quote-name>Erin Wilson</quote-name><quote-info>CERT '23, MBA '25</quote-info><tags><tag>Merrick School of Business</tag><tag>Student Stories</tag></tags></item>