Harvard Extension School helps Navy pilot recover from cancer
This is one in a series of profiles showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates. There’s pursuing an advanced degree, and then there’s pursuing an advanced degree while readying for the arrival of your first child, recovering from major surgery, and undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Welcome to the life of Lt. Cmdr. Onege Maroadi, whose determination to attend Harvard never faltered. “When I make up my mind about doing something, I get it done,” said the former Navy pilot, speaking recently from her Virginia home. Fighting the odds is nothing new to the Cameroon native who once taught herself to swim in a few months so she could meet the Navy’s entry-level water-survival requirements for pilots, which included treading water in full military gear and taking a plunge from a 12-foot-tall tower. And now she’s ready for her next challenge. This year, Maroadi graduates from the Harvard Extension School with a master’s degree in...