Olandria Carthen Recalls Writing Letters, Sending Transcripts And School Balances To Secure Her HBCU Degree — ‘I Would Continue To Push Myself’

Love Island USA star Olandria Carthen opened up about her determined path to earning her degree from Tuskegee University, recalling that as a first‑generation college student from a single‑parent household she had to get creative to cover tuition and expenses by working summer shifts, calling an old landlord to clean rentals for extra cash, and even writing letters to financial aid offices with her transcript and account balance asking for help while also visiting the Tuskegee financial aid office frequently to find unclaimed scholarships and support from alumni, all of which she says taught her resilience and drive as she pushed herself every day to graduate.