Poverty can be described and explained many different ways. When one looks up the defintion of the word poverty they will find, “ a general scarcity or dearth, or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.” So, in other words a lack of money and materials that are needed for everyday life. Vivienne Adair, “Reclaiming the Promise of Higher Education: Poor Single Mothers in Academe,” mentions what she felt while living in poverty, “Homelessness, hunger, lack of medical and dental care, fear, and despair.” She talks about how poverty is not just not having money but rather a life of hurt, fear, and not knowing where your next meal is coming from. She goes on to explain how higher education was what was able