Student Shares the Crazy Story Behind Her Winning Beyoncé’s Homecoming Scholarship

When Xavier University student Allana Barefield was checking the news on Monday morning, she didn't expect that she would be part of the headlines. But that's what happens when Beyoncé selects you to be one of the eight recipients of her Homecoming Scholars Award Program.

When Barefield, a 22-year-old rising senior studying mass communications with a focus on broadcast, found out she received Beyoncé's scholarship, she was brought to tears, telling TIME it was a "dream come true.