I have always loved working with people and doing hair. Currently I am at Aisling Institute in Kernersville North Carolina, they have recently opened their cosmetology program in July of 2021. I had to transfer to Aisling from empire beauty school so that I would have a better opportunity with smaller classes and more hands on learning. I want to make people feel beauty and better about them self inside and out. Working in the service industry and planing weddings has help alot with my people skills now I want to be able to be creative with it as well! I am a single mother going to school 40 hours a week and working almost every night to pay almost 300$ a week in school. Since the school is so new it is not able to take federal financial aid for its students, which keeps the tuition significantly lower than other schools, but with having transferred from a school that had cost more I had to take out loans for my previous school totalling now 4,000$ in loan debt on top of my weekly tuition I pay at Aisling. I am fortunate to have worked in a salon through the pandemic, Paparazzi Hair Salon, as their receptionist. My boss was very excited about my knowledge of health and hair helping with client consulting and product sales that she pushed me in to going to school. I am currently on an apprenticeship track which in North Carolina is 1200hrs in school then state board testing with 6 months of apprenticeship in the salon. Having a job right out of school at an established salon is a blessing, but it's paying for school that is the hardest. I love Aisling Institute the smaller classes make me feel more confident and having one on one training with my instructors is so uplifting. There are social media classes to train in marketing as well as beauty as a business giving the user hand in understanding how to better our self as a business. The transfer was a huge financial burden for now but I see the pay off coming when I am able to give my clients and community better service and experience. This scholarship will help me significantly paying out of pocket tuition with 2 children is alot of hard work. Even having just one week of tuition paid is alot for me and would be a major blessing! Thank you so much for considering me for this blessing!