Life with finance means to me an idea of having something that can create a safe space for any individual and that person's specific needs. I grew up in a lower income family and my mother was an addict. I was raising my younger sister starting at age ten. During this era of my life the reality for me, from ten years old into becoming an adult, my community was my friends and those friend’s parents. I always was able to figure out how to manage food on the table because of food stamps in my community. I will be the first to graduate in my family with a bachelor's degree. I have hit this wall of feeling that ten-year-old again due to me being at a stalemate for my funds for my final two semesters. The safe space for those situations people will need as a lifeline. I have been working as a Resident Coordinator for eleven years and found a world within higher education. I started a food pantry in the dorms so that the stigma of needing basic human things was taken away. I love the focus on student development and conduct. Finances will feel different for everyone depending on what things they need most, even subconsciously. Being able to finish my last two semesters is a dream of mine that I am working so hard to finish. I am doing it to be part of a community that worked hard for me when I could not do it for myself. I owe currently $11,660.00 to make it to my graduation and I am determined and optimistic to make this happen. If you do not feel I am a fit for this scholarship, I appreciate taking the time to hear about part of my journey.

Optimism means to me an idea of having something that can create a safe space for any individual and that person's specific needs. I grew up in a lower income family, but a privileged town without much diversity. My mother was an addict, and I was raising my younger sister starting at age ten. During this era of my life the reality for me, from ten years old into becoming an adult, my community was my friends and those friend’s parents. I always was able to figure out how to manage food on the table because of food stamps in my community. I was able to help my sister have Christmas from local toy donations, and I strived to be involved with anything my local school district had because it was a positive escape. I will be the first to graduate in my family with a bachelor's degree. My personal vision is running a student services department with housing for students who never thought they would be attending college, in dorms looking into new real dreams. Removing the biases and emerging into the incident happening in the now. Optimism will feel different for everyone depending on what things they need most, even subconsciously. Being able to finish my last two semesters is a dream of mine that I am working so hard to finish. I am doing it to be part of a community that worked hard for me when I could not do it for myself. I owe currently $11,660.00 to make it to my graduation and I am determined and optimistic to make this happen. If you do not feel I am a fit for this scholarship, I appreciate taking the time to hear about part of my journey.

Community means to me an idea of having something that can create a safe space for any individual and that person's specific needs. I grew up in a lower income family, but a privileged town without much diversity. My mother was an addict, and I was raising my younger sister starting at age ten. During this era of my life the reality for me, from ten years old into becoming an adult, my community was my friends and those friend’s parents. I always was able to figure out how to manage food on the table because of food stamps in my community. I was able to help my sister have Christmas from local toy donations, and I strived to be involved with anything my local school district had because it was a positive escape. My grades during that time suffered and I thought I was stupid and would never need education. I am now thirty and have a 4.0 within the University I attend. I will be the first to graduate in my family with a bachelor's degree. I have hit this wall of feeling that ten-year-old again due to me being at a stalemate for my funds for my final two semesters. I want to give back to my community what I had to take so many years ago. The safe space for those situations people will need as a lifeline. I have been working as a Resident Coordinator for eleven years and found a world within higher education. I started a food pantry in the dorms so that the stigma of needing basic human things was taken away. I love the focus on student development and conduct. The world within college should be a growing moment for when you mess up how can I make sure you learn from those mistakes? My personal vision is running a student services department with housing for students who never thought they would be attending college, in dorms looking into new real dreams. Removing the biases and emerging into the incident happening in the now. Community will feel different for everyone depending on what things they need most, even subconsciously. Being able to finish my last two semesters is a dream of mine that I am working so hard to finish. I am doing it to be part of a community that worked hard for me when I could not do it for myself. I owe currently $11,660.00 to make it to my graduation and I am determined to make this happen. If you do not feel I am a fit for this scholarship, I appreciate taking the time to hear about part of my journey.

Community means to me an idea of having something that can create a safe space for any individual and that person's specific needs. I grew up in a lower income family, but a privileged town without much diversity. My mother was an addict, and I was raising my younger sister starting at age ten. During this era of my life the reality for me, from ten years old into becoming an adult, my community was my friends and those friend’s parents. I always was able to figure out how to manage food on the table because of food stamps in my community. I was able to help my sister have Christmas from local toy donations, and I strived to be involved with anything my local school district had because it was a positive escape. I was a created leader from an early age. My grades during that time suffered and I thought I was stupid and would never need education. I am now thirty and have a 4.0 within the University I attend. I will be the first to graduate in my family with a bachelor's degree. I have hit this wall of feeling that ten-year-old again due to me being at a stalemate for my funds for my final two semesters. I want to give back to my community what I had to take so many years ago. The safe space for those situations people will need as a lifeline. I have been working as a Resident Coordinator for eleven years and found a world within higher education. I started a food pantry in the dorms so that the stigma of needing basic human things was taken away. I love the focus on student development and conduct. The world within college should be a growing moment for when you mess up how can I make sure you learn from those mistakes? My personal vision is running a student services department with housing for students who never thought they would be attending college, in dorms looking into new real dreams. Removing the biases and emerging into the incident happening in the now. Community will feel different for everyone depending on what things they need most, even subconsciously. Being able to finish my last two semesters is a dream of mine that I am working so hard to finish. I am doing it to be part of a community that worked hard for me when I could not do it for myself. I owe currently $11,660.00 to make it to my graduation and I am determined to make this happen. If you do not feel I am a fit for this scholarship, I appreciate taking the time to hear about part of my journey.

Community means to me an idea of having something that can create a safe space for any individual and that person's specific needs. I grew up in a lower income family, but a privileged town without much diversity. My mother was an addict, and I was raising my younger sister starting at age ten. During this era of my life the reality for me, from ten years old into becoming an adult, my community was my friends and those friend’s parents. I always was able to figure out how to manage food on the table because of food stamps in my community. I was able to help my sister have Christmas from local toy donations, and I strived to be involved with anything my local school district had because it was a positive escape. My grades during that time suffered and I thought I was stupid and would never need education. I am now thirty and have a 4.0 within the University I attend. I will be the first to graduate in my family with a bachelor's degree. I have hit this wall of feeling that ten-year-old again due to me being at a stalemate for my funds for my final two semesters. I want to give back to my community what I had to take so many years ago. The safe space for those situations people will need as a lifeline. I have been working as a Resident Coordinator for eleven years and found a world within higher education. I started a food pantry in the dorms so that the stigma of needing basic human things was taken away. I love the focus on student development and conduct. The world within college should be a growing moment for when you mess up how can I make sure you learn from those mistakes? My personal vision is running a student services department with housing for students who never thought they would be attending college, in dorms looking into new real dreams. Removing the biases and emerging into the incident happening in the now. Community will feel different for everyone depending on what things they need most, even subconsciously. Being able to finish my last two semesters is a dream of mine that I am working so hard to finish. I am doing it to be part of a community that worked hard for me when I could not do it for myself. I owe currently $11,660.00 to make it to my graduation and I am determined to make this happen. If you do not feel I am a fit for this scholarship, I appreciate taking the time to hear about part of my journey.