Marco Bailetti always knew he wanted to continue his education after finishing high school. But at the age of 18, he felt he wasn’t ready — he was bored at school and his grades weren’t good.
So instead of going to university, he joined the U.S. Air Force. Bailetti was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and had always felt a patriotic duty to serve his country.
After serving in the military for four years as a jet engine mechanic, he applied to Carleton University’s Enriched Support Program (ESP), which he’d heard about from his father Tony Bailetti, who has taught at Carleton for more than three decades. Continue reading…