Psychology Junior
by Sara Cunningham
Amanda Hatton’s honesty and passion shines as she talks about the challenges she’s faced and how those challenges have shaped her goals.
“Five years ago, I had a big setback in my life,” the psychology junior said.
On Aug. 9, 2003, Hatton and her boyfriend were in a serious car accident on their way out to her family’s farm in Woodford County. Hatton’s boyfriend was killed and Hatton was badly injured. She spent two months in a coma, Hatton said.
“I had a closed-head injury and when I did finally wake up, there was so much I didn’t remember and I had to relearn how to do a lot,” she said.
But Hatton said she found strength in her experience and in her family. She is the youngest of seven children.
"When my accident happened, I was a student at LCC and I had to take that fall