Be A Vanessa Scholarship

Brianna Richburg High School Senior The value of an education has been instilled in me from a young age. I have watched my single mother struggle to make ends meet. She has expressed how she wished she would have finished school so that my brother and I could have had a better life. I plan to achieve what she was not able to by completing the Radiology program with your financial assistance. I would like to become a Radiology Tech to lessen the burden on my mother by providing for myself. My mother is Mexican American with parents who came to the U.S to give her a better opportunity in life. My Abuelo did not attend school nor did my Abuela. My mother did attend college and received her associate's. That’s as far as she got. She met my dad and had me which ended her college career. Fourteen years later she was left as a single mom with two kids and little income to make ends meet. She got a job working at the Health Department helping the public. Her paycheck is small as a vaccination clerk but loves what she does. This has inspired me to become a member of the health care community. I would like to contribute as my mom has all these years. I feel like the radiology program is my calling. This is where I feel my traits can be useful and give back to my community the most. A Snyder Tiger is what I have known to be for most of my life. I have attended this school since the second grade. I have been active with my school and the community out of the classroom. Friday night lights were my life my freshman year as I was a cheerleader. Volleyball games on Tuesdays & Saturdays. Basketball season would start in November. I also volunteered some nights to help with the concession stand as our boys played. During the summer I helped the Lion’s Club with hanging our American flags down College Ave for Fourth of July. People driving down College Ave could see me miles away as I wore my yellow vest. I volunteered to help the Yellow Coats (Chamber of Commerce) adopted a highway as a community service to pick up trash along the road. Awarding me this scholarship will make a great contribution to my goal of becoming a Radiology Tech. Right now I help my mom with my brother by taking him to school and cooking for him. I also work a part-time job to help with my gas. This financial assistance would allow me to move to Levelland, TX to attend the Radiology program and live in the dorms. I would like nothing more than to make my mother proud. I would like you to consider me for this scholarship.