. >> suzanne: that's "nightly >> my name is alicia brown and i am the proud principal of la mensa academy new jngszs school in palm beach gardens, florida. i have been unemployed for over a year. this job i applied through a&a staffing but i went through the professional placement network to work for swan and broward county. they're also an employee placement service as well. when the typical person would hear, "oh, you have been unemployed for a year and now you're a principal?" it is amazing. i'm thrilled. because it's something i wanted to do for a long time, ever since i was a teacher's aide, i set out in my mind that i wanted to achieve this goal, and 13, now 14 years later, at 31, i'm fulfilling that dream when i was 17 years old. the job-hunting experience, you cannot get frustrated and tired. it is an emotional experience a lot of the time. i was very persistent and i held onto my faith. a lot of people, they started to -- for being out of work for so long, that i have met, you know, they started to just kind of let go of their goals and ambitions. and i said, "no, i cannot settle