It's never too late to fulfill your dream: 51-year-old immigrant from Brooklyn finally graduated

Brooklyn nanny has dreamed of graduating from college for over 30 years, and this year she will receive her degree, reports PIX11.

Lyn Thomas from East Flatbush said that if she wants something, she never gives up. This includes her dream of college. She received her Abitur at the age of 48. Now, at 51, she is graduating from Borough of Manhattan College.

Thomas received a degree in public health and was on the dean's roll.

“I worked very hard for this,” Thomas admitted. “I didn’t have a high school diploma. Because I'm successful, you can't say no to me. I will do it".

Thomas has worked as a house cleaner and babysitter for decades. She moved to New York from Grenada when she was 18 with her mother. And later became a nanny to earn a living.

But her heart's desire was to help people access quality health care and healthy eating.

Thomas said that it takes a whole team to make this happen. Her advisor, Vanessa Rozzell, helped her get into a college program that helps students access higher education by providing academic and personal advice.

Professor Lesley Rennis was the driving force behind Thomas' academic success. Thomas will proudly receive his Associate's degree in front of thousands of people at the BMCC ceremony at Barclays Center this week.

The woman won't stop there. Her next step is to attend Hunter College to earn a bachelor's degree in public health.

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Thomas promised her 26-year-old daughter that she would get her diploma and would hang it right next to her daughter's diploma on the wall of their living room.

Her advice to adults who think they're too old to go to college: never give up and just do it!