This opportunity is incredibly meaningful to me due to the extreme desire I have to serve others because of the sacrifices my Lord and savior Jesus Christ made for me. From the young age of 14 I’ve committed to loving and serving Jesus. I attend three weekly church gatherings to grow closer to him and improve my relationship with him. Without my faith I would not be where I am today. In the year 2020 my little brother started experiencing extreme mental health issues, where he would have erratic meltdowns for hours. He would become very unresponsive and very hard to calm down. These meltdowns lasted hours and become very taxing for our whole family. These mental health issues that my brother was facing caused my parents to have to focus most of their attention on taking care of him and trying to get him care. Due to this, I felt abandoned and alone. I started attending small group at church during this time, as my parents suggested. I initially had no connection to God and had so many fears about what my future might look like. As I continued to attend small group I developed meaningful relationships with the ladies who attended. I began to feel a sense of community and felt a true calling from God to press in to him. I gave him my anxiety and all my fears about the future and in turn he gave me a peace I’d never felt before. Through the last few years my faith in God has allowed me to persevere through hard situations that arise. My faith has truly been what shaped me into the women I am today. I know that God is calling me to devote my life to serving others, and am planning on become a nurse practitioner one day. With God’s guidance I will be able to work tirelessly to care for and love others. This scholarship would allow me to find my education, as I have no funding currently from myself or my family to do so. I am to attend nursing school in the Spring and would use this scholarship to be able to afford my tuition. It would make a huge difference in my life and would take a huge weight off of me. I know that through God’s unwavering love and magnificent plans I will end up exactly where he wants me to be. With faith and commitment I can serve others the way God has called me to.

The office is a show that greatly impacted my adolescence and now adulthood. The show taught me many valuable lessons in a humorous, entertaining, and strangely endearing way. The character I resonate the most with is Jim. Jim is arguably the most lovable character in the office. He, despite having a seemingly terrible job with annoying coworkers, allows humor to make light of the situation and bring joy into this dull workplace. Through his hilarious jokes that mostly affect his frenemy, Dwight Schrute, he’s shown me that no matter the situation you can have fun and be happy. His constant positivity is refreshing in comparison to the mindset of many people I know and I can’t help but smile every time he comes on screen and cracks a joke or pulls a prank. Jim is not only happy, but he’s also a good worker who enjoys getting new companies to make a paper agreement with Dunder Mifflin. He excels at his job and eventually gets more promising opportunities because of his commitment to the job. This humor translates into my own life everywhere I go. I genuinely believe every situation is what you make of it. If your job is terrible but you’re laughing and having a good time you can perservere and even be happy in that situation. I’ve seen this when dealing with difficult coworkers at my own part-time job. Jim also shows that you can be great friends with your coworkers if you build up rapport and have lighthearted conversations with them. He was liked by most all of the characters (except Dwight, of course) which also brought joy to his life. This has also been implemented in my life and I can testify that having good friends at work truly makes a difference. I believe that Jim is the best character and he has shown that humor can make even the dullest situations brighter.

On May 5th, 2022 my father and his partner were dispatched to a possible DWI or medical emergency situation. He was told that there was someone driving erratically and that he needed to see what was happening. His partner arrived first at the scene and saw that the driver was shaking and appeared to be overdosing. The man suddenly became unresponsive and had no pulse so his partner removed the driver from his vehicle and started chest compressions. My father arrived and immediately sprang into action, administering four doses of Narcan before the medical professionals arrived, ultimately saving this man's life. Then EMS arrived and performed the proper medical procedures until the man became fully awake and responsive. His diligence and perseverance during such a stressful time is what inspires me to pursue a career in the medical field. This man unknowingly had heroin laced with fentanyl, which could have easily ended his life if they hadn't responded so fast. He not only saved a life but he also brought awareness to the community about how dangerous drugs can really be. This scholarship will aid me in paying for the many costs of my college and pre-med education. That day, my father performed amazing, lifesaving work, and I aspire to follow in his footsteps by becoming a medical professional. Medical school can be very costly and the expenses alone are enough to scare anyone away from this field. I hope that I can attain enough scholarships so that I am able to pursue this career path because without scholarships it would be very challenging. Being a doctor has been my dream since childhood, and I would hate to obtain an exceedingly large student debt. I know that in residency doctors are paid a humble salary, which would make it difficult to pay off student loans. My goal is to earn scholarships and work very hard to ensure that I am not going into debt during the beginning years of my career. I yearn to save and spend my money responsibly in adulthood, which would be demanding if I was completely focused on paying off my student debt. My parents have encouraged me to apply for many scholarships just like this one. The support they provide allows me to worry less about the financial side of college. They know with hard work and dedication I can accomplish my dreams of being a doctor.