{"id":152850,"date":"2026-05-04T12:52:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//?p=152850"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:52:49","slug":"a-familys-unlikely-journey-to-become-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//a-familys-unlikely-journey-to-become-knights/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//","title":{"rendered":"A Family/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2019s Unlikely Journey to Become Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When StaceyAnn Castro Tapler and her 21-year-old-son, Johnny, graduate this week, it won/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2019t be the first time a parent-child duo has simultaneously celebrated commencement at UCF. But to understand why this particular family/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2019s story is remarkable, you must first appreciate the journey.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"attachment_152877/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"figure mx-auto d-block/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"><noscript><img decoding=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"async/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/" width=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"1200/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/" height=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"800/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"figure-img size-full wp-image-152877 img-fluid/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/" 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/">StaceyAnn Castro Tapler (49) and her son Johnny (21) graduate together this week. (Photo by Antoine Hart)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>We could start 33 years ago to when Castro Tapler first visited UCF and dreamed of becoming a Knight.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>Or jump to when she lost sight of that dream in the whirlwind of life after enlisting in the U.S. Marines, completing an overseas deployment, getting married and raising a family.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>Or here, in present day, as the 49-year-old graduates alongside her oldest, each with degree choices influenced by Johnny/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2019s struggle with neurological hearing loss /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2014 hers, <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//early-childhood-development-and-education-bs/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/">early childhood development and education</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//a> and his, <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//communication-sciences-and-disorders-bs/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/">communications sciences and disorders</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//a>. And don/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2019t forget her other son, Michael, an <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//degree/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//emergency-management-bs/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/">emergency management</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//a> major, close behind and husband, John, graduating later this year from Valencia College, a <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//directconnect.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/">DirectConnect to UCF</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//a> partner.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>Their story is one of many subplots and selfless acts, and so much love for family /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2014 a family that pulled strength from each other on the road to this long-awaited, triumphant moment.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201cPeople doubted us for moving here from Long Island to become Knights,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201d Castro Tapler says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201cWe said, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2018Just watch./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2019 /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201cWe/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2019re proving that you can do anything you put your mind to doing by adapting and overcoming./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<figure id=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"attachment_152874/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/" style=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"max-width: 1200px;/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/" class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"figure mx-auto 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/">StaceyAnn Castro Tapler first visited UCF in 1993 as a teenager and always dreamed of earning a degree from the university. At 49, she&#8217;s finally achieving her goal. (Photo by Antoine Hart)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<h2>A Dream Put on Hold, But Never Forgotten</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>Castro Tapler/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2019s mind first fixed on UCF in 1993 when the family of her friend, <strong>David Konits /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201901</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//strong>, paid for her to visit them in Orlando to thank her for saving their son/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2019s life after a serious injury. Putting others first had already become ingrained for Castro Tapler, then 16, despite a childhood without means. She lived with her mother in another friend/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2019s basement and had never traveled beyond New York.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201cThey brought me to the UCF campus and I was blown away,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201d she says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201cI/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2019d never seen such nice kids studying together in such a beautiful environment. If I could ever afford college, I wanted it to be here./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>Castro Tapler went back home, finished high school and joined the U.S. Marines. Shortly after 9/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//11, she was deployed to Kuwait. The idea of college continued to dim as she fulfilled her military duty, returned to Long Island, went to work and raised a family.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201cThe goal was always out there,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201d she says, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201cbut I just couldn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2019t get to it./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>She wanted a more streamlined path for her sons, Johnny and Michael, so she and her husband always included tours of universities during family trips.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201cWhen we came to UCF, the boys and John fell in love,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201d Castro Tapler says, /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201cand to me, that feeling of belonging was still there after so many years./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>On the day of Johnny/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2019s high school graduation, they loaded up the car and moved to Orlando /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2014 placing her within reach of the dream she never gave up on.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<h2>Planting Roots on Campus</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>As a U.S. Marine veteran, Castro Tapler has chilling stories about how she calmly put out oil fires in open combat zones. On her first day of classes at UCF, she /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2014 like a good Marine /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2014 arrived 30 minutes early with food and hydration. An emotion consumed her: Fear.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>Here she was, surrounded by students half her age using tablets and carrying backpacks while she pulled around a wagon and used a spiral notebook. She would need to relearn how to learn. Three encounters quickly made her feel at ease.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201cThe sound of a piano in the lobby soothed my nerves. Then a group of girls in my first class invited me to work with them. And I found the <a href=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//access.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//military/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/">Office of Military and Veteran Student Success</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//a>,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201d she says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201cA college campus is a different world from what veterans are used to. The people in that office helped me understand aid, tutoring and the culture. They/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2019re veterans, too, so they know how difficult the transition can be./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201d</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>Her fear turned to joy and a genuine belief she belonged. 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class=/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/"figure-caption/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/">Johnny Castro ntends to use his communications and sciences disorders degree as the first step toward a medical degree in audiology. (Photo by Antoine Hart)</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//figcaption></news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//figure>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<h2>The Start of a New Future</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//h2>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>We come to the most surreal moment: mom and son graduating together. She points out this is <em>a </news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//em>goal achieved, but not <em>the</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//em> goal.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201cOur degrees open doors to serve others,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u201d Castro Tapler says.</news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850//p>/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/n<p>She/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2019ll teach first grade, knowing each child is unique, perhaps with a challenge that hasn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/152850/u2019t yet been identified. 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