Good evening, My name is Angie Bedoya I'm 26 years old. This is my 8th year in the United States of America. First of all, I would love to thank you for finding a way to support us first-generation of immigrants to reach and fulfil our goals and dreams. Some people don't realize how lucky they are, the fact that they have their whole family here in the USA as a support system provide them with a tremendous advantage. I haven't seen my family in over 7 years. I left my mom in Colombia and as an only child this is the most heart-breaking thing I had to do. But I had to do it if I wanted to give her and myself a better chance, a better future. Coming from a humble background and a very hardworking family that barely was able to afford food and a roof over our heads I can tell that it shaped me as a person and helped me to be who I am today, someone who is a hard-working person, with ethics, respect, and gratitude. When I was growing up I wanted to be a grown up so much so I could help the financial burden my family was going through and being a 6-year-old child I made a promise to them that when I was older, I was going to provide the life we couldn't have before a dignified one because we deserve it. We have worked so hard, and we had to go through many challenging situations so I could be in this place right now where I am applying to this promise through a scholarship. I am a senior at Kean University I have 2 semesters left to go so can I finally obtain the degree for what I have fought for over 10 years. Having a scholarship means I can use that money to help build the future I promise to my family and myself. I see my self in the near future working with kids, I would love to get a master's degree in School Psychology I would love to help this little ones shape a better future offering emotional support and free counseling. I know how hard it its when you are a kid having so much weigh on your shoulders and you don't understand why or how to alleviate that burden. I would love to be able to support kids mental health and guide them to live a happy fulling live. We all can regardless our background.

Good evening, My name is Angie Bedoya I'm 26 years old. This is my 8th year in the United States of America. First of all, I would love to thank you for finding a way to support us first-generation of immigrants to reach and fulfil our goals and dreams. Some people don't realize how lucky they are, the fact that they have their whole family here in the USA as a support system provide them with a tremendous advantage. I haven't seen my family in over 7 years. I left my mom in Colombia and as an only child this is the most heart-breaking thing I had to do. But I had to do it if I wanted to give her and myself a better chance, a better future. Coming from a humble background and a very hardworking family that barely was able to afford food and a roof over our heads I can tell that it shaped me as a person and helped me to be who I am today, someone who is a hard-working person, with ethics, respect, and gratitude. When I was growing up I wanted to be a grown up so much so I could help the financial burden my family was going through and being a 6-year-old child I made a promise to them that when I was older, I was going to provide the life we couldn't have before a dignified one because we deserve it. We have worked so hard, and we had to go through many challenging situations so I could be in this place right now where I am applying to this promise through a scholarship. I am a senior at Kean University I have 2 semesters left to go so can I finally obtain the degree for what I have fought for over 10 years. Having a scholarship means I can use that money to help build the future I promise to my family and myself. I see my self in the near future working with kids, I would love to get a master's degree in School Psychology I would love to help this little ones shape a better future offering emotional support and free counseling. I know how hard it its when you are a kid having so much weigh on your shoulders and you don't understand why or how to alleviate that burden. I would love to be able to support kids mental health and guide them to live a happy fulling live. We all can regardless our background.

First, thank you for this opportunity! I’ll try to explain how lucky they are to be able to attend school in this country. There’s millions of people trying to come to this county to be able to study and grow professionally, fulfill and achieve the “American Dream”, but are unable to do so. How lucky are we to be here and have access to education? Which quite honestly, I consider a blessing and a gift. Many people back in our countries wish they could obtain a diploma in a university of the United States of America and we can! We have the possibility! We are few of the lucky ones! Let’s do something great with this privilege and learn, educate ourselves, and grow together as a strong united community.

Good evening, First, I want to thank you for this beautiful opportunity and for helping the Hispanic community, unity will help us to become stronger. My name is Angie Bedoya, I'm a first generation of immigrants in the USA, I first came to the country in 2014 to study English and continue my education when I was 18 years old. I'm an only child I had to leave my mom and family in Colombia to look for a better life quality and future here. As soon as I came, I was living with my uncle, and I started to work as cashier while studying. Since the first week of getting to the country I found a job and I had to look for a room to rent. This was my first time out of my native country with no previous knowledge in English I was very young I missed my mom so much, but I continued with my purpose here which was obtaining a bachelor's degree. In 2018 I graduate from Union County Collage I got an associate degree in Psychology I paid for my English Classes and degree by myself with so much effort working and studying full time. In 2019 I started classes at Kean University and my GPA is 3.9. Unfortunately, the University is so much more expensive than college and I had to stop my education to save money to continue. I haven't been able to save all the money I need to cover for my tuition, but out of faith I'm register for Spring 2022. I'd greatly appreciate if you can give me the opportunity to attend this semester, I only have 1 year left to graduate and be able to accomplish for what I have worked so hard. This means everything for me and my family. Thank you, Angie