My name is Erynn and I am 18 years old. I am from Philadelphia, PA. I plan to go to college at Michigan State University in the fall of 2023. I want to major in business management. I chose this career path because I want to be my own boss. To be in this field you need strong leadership skills. I am sure that I have what it takes to pursue this career path. I am passionate about my work ethic. Having strong work ethic is important to me because it helps achieve your goals and succeed in your career. It also shows your reliability, responsibility and dedication to your career. Being reliable is important because it shows that you are trustworthy and dependable. It helps build strong relationships with others. You can be successful in both your personal and professional life. Being responsible is important because it shows that you can take accountability for your actions. It helps build trust and respect with others. Being dedicated is important because it shows that you are committed to achieving your goals and completing tasks to the best of your ability. It helps you endure challenges and overcome obstacles. These are good character traits to have if you passionate about getting wealthy and your hard work. Delayed gratification also plays a big part in your work ethic as well. It is important because it teaches us patience and discipline when reaching our goals. It helps us focus and prioritize our long-term objectives over the short-term goals. It allows us to develop skills and habits necessary for long lasting success. The number one rule for me when I am applying my work ethic skills to things is to always have a positive attitude. It helps me approach difficulties with optimism and resilience. It helps us contain and maintain a healthy perspective on life. With being positive you can find joy and fulfillment in your daily experiences. Being so passionate with my work ethic skills and abilities has grant me many opportunities, that’s why I live by it. Being in business management would be a good position for me to apply that responsibility role since I like organizing, planning, controlling and leading. Having that reliability skill is also important too because a business will not thrive without something or someone to help build it. Managing anything especially a business as a whole is a challenge that I am willing to take with pride.

My experience growing up in a low income household was really sad and poor. It made me realize that to not be in such a situation anymore, somebody in my house would have to make a big change. Since I will be the first one going to college in my family since my mom , I just figured that I would make the change instead. My mom is a single parent and has been since I was seven so that’s when we became really poor. A black women with 3 kids wasn’t the ideal life she thought she was going to live. She tried to make a lot of things work for us she sacrificed for me and my siblings and we tried everything in our power to at least make it to the next day. It was hard but if a random person came up to us they probably would think everything was fine. We had to live at our neighbors house from time to time because our heat had cut off. Being in a low income household and not having things that others have makes you want to get up and go make a change for your family. It’s almost like a way to stay motivated because you know that you’re gonna be the change and that your family won’t have to suffer anymore once I reach my goal in life. It has shaped me to grow more mature and to work harder so I won’t have to hear my mom cry anymore about not having the “good stuff” for her kids. This scholarship would help me chase my goals of having a successful career in my college life and also be able to support my family members. My mom wouldn’t have to worry about going into her emergency stash to try and pay for me to have a better education. Having this scholarship will motivate me even more to keep going far in life because I was given the money for a reason. To go get my education and to care for my family. The scholarship will help my single mother of 3 including me to not have to worry about me anymore and to spend her savings on her other two kids for now. I will be able to stay stable and not worry about student loans or debt. And I once have to hear society say I was too poor to afford my education.