Navigating college admissions can be a challenge for anyone. For Melissa Hillebrandt, college marked the end of a long road that began with homelessness on the streets of Tulsa.
Years ago, Hillebrandt was surviving day to day near 81st Street, just down the road from Oral Roberts University.
Each evening, she and a group of unhoused people pooled what money they had to buy discounted leftovers from a nearby pizza shop…