Brittany Loring who was injured in the Boston Marathon goes on to earn her MBA and Law degrees...

Brittany Loring, 29, will don her cap and gown to receive an MBA today and her law degree Friday at Boston College, with shrapnel still in her leg and scars on her face and neck from last month’s Boston Marathon bombings. She spoke to the Herald’s Christine McConville yesterday about her injuries and her future.

“I have a lot of things coming up that are really important, and I don’t want this to get in the way.

I have my graduation, and studying for the bar exam. I have my wedding in September, and I start my job (at accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers) in October.

I’m not going to say I never think about it, but it’s not productive. It’s not helping me get better.

I’m focused on my physical therapy, my occupational therapy, and making sure I’m ready to take the bar exam ...

April 15 is my birthday, and I was out with friends, having fun on Boylston Street.

When the bomb went off, I fell to the ground. I remember thinking I had to get out of there. As soon as I could, I got up and ran around the corner, to Exeter Street. I saw my 
reflection in a store window, and (saw) blood 
on my face. My hair was burnt.

The first person I went to for help must have been in shock because she started screaming, so I kept going.

I had a skull fracture and two leg wounds. My finger was sliced open, and I had BBs, one in my neck, and two in my head.”

After three weeks at Boston Medical Center, Loring is now home in Cambridge.

“At this point, my focus isn’t on what happened, it’s on moving forward.

I want people to hear recovery stories, but I think it would be better for everyone if they could be more focused on the good that’s come out of this.

It gave people the opportunity to show how much they care about everyone that was harmed, whether they knew them or not.

The outreach has been amazing. It outshadows what the individuals that wanted to harm the city did.

I’ve gotten prayer shawls, so many cards, I have a painting from the Mystic Aquarium, and dreamcatchers from Girl Scouts.

I just went from one crutch to being able to walk without crutches. I have to be careful because my leg is still not the full range of motion, and my hand doesn’t close the way it’s supposed to.

I’m definitely not where I was, and that’s my hope.

You know when you have the flu, and you’re at the end of it, and your mind is ready to not be on the couch anymore? That’s how I feel right now.”