I deserve this scholarship because I'm an undergraduate technology major who strives to better my local community and who needs to pay for college. I have spent years preparing academically and financially for college. My academic goals include attending all the classes I need to graduate and then attending graduation. I plan to obtain my bachelor's degree and if I can afford to pursue a master's degree, I plan to do so. My career goals include starting a full-time job at a local fast food restaurant so I can start paying off my student loans. My end career goal is to become a cybercrime investigator at my local police department so I can help people in my local community who are investigated by the police for cybercrime. There have been many times when I overcame an obstacle. One such time was when my parents both disagreed with me and decided that they will be not buying me a car for college on my 18th birthday. I worked every day after school during my junior and senior years of high school. After a year of working and saving my money, I eventually overcame the obstacle and saved enough money to buy uber drivers for my freshman and sophomore years of college.

It is safe to say that everyone has had a time when they had to persevere through a difficult situation, some situations may be more difficult than others. The difficult situations allow us to grow and change as people. One such situation was when I was just starting high school. Just before starting high school, my world came undone. The person I always looked up to and knew all my life died unexpectedly from cancer. I was fourteen when my father died and left my mother and me alone. He had taken care of the finances, shopping, maintenance, school, and medical related documents. He was our mediator when my mother and I were in disagreements. He kept our small household together and running. After the death of my father, my mother couldn't bring herself to perform all tasks and responsibilities he had on top of her responsibilities and her serious medical issues as well as her grief. I had to learn quickly how to do some of the tasks my father had once done. While I was young and inexperienced, I worked to learn how to perform basic finances, shopping, and maintenance of the house. I did everything in my power to help lift the burden on my mother.