“My 18-year-old self wanted to much to be a public school teacher, and was looking at that opportunity getting so far away,” she tells Democratic nominee tells The New York Times. “It had disappeared from sight.”

Warren adds, “My 18-year-old self wanted to believe in a future and was in love, going to get married but just thought so many possibilities were just completely closed to her.”

“And it turned out just one door had to open: a commuter college, $50 a semester. That one door opened and I got to be a special ed teacher. And then another door opened and another door opened and another door opened.”

Elizabeth Warren’s message to her 18-year-old self is a reminder that the future is unwritten