The Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC) engaged with BERK Consulting to conduct twelve focus groups with adult learners across the state in 2022. Funded by the Lumina Foundation, the study focuses on populations furthest from educational opportunities, including those from racial and ethnic groups with the lowest attainment levels; low-income, unemployed, and underemployed residents; those who are parenting; and those who would be attempting postsecondary education or training for the first time. This study informs efforts to meet a statewide goal set in 2013 to reach 70% of the state's 25-44 year olds having a postsecondary credential. Achievement of the attainment goal will require significant investment in adult learner enrollment and completion. The focus groups explored participants' pathways to becoming adult learners, current education and career goals, sources of motivation, information- and opportunity-seeking behavior, barriers to accessing education, and promotive factors to accessing education. The groups also collected feedback on the WSAC College and Career Compass tool. [This report was co-produced by BERK Consulting.]