Awesome, more power to her, must take a lot of courage to make the leap.
You don't need the hidden text OP, anyone who has anything truly negative to say about this is not a true GAFfer in my eyes.
edit - I will add that it makes me sad she said "I was one of only two black people in my class, so it was quite isolating" and I mean obviously its easier to make friends with people like yourself but I don't think its helpful to think like that, like if I was in a job where everyone else was black or indian or chinese or whatever (I'm white obviously) then I wouldn't think that means I can't be friends with them.
Maybe its just because I'm a big outgoing idiot who talks to everyone I meet, I know its not that easy for some, but if you are already shy then putting up imagined race barriers is just going to make it worse imo. Maybe I misunderstood what she meant though.