Greetings and thanks for your consideration of this scholarship opportunity! I graduated in 2017 and I still owe more than what I borrowed in student loans. I NEVER regret my education and I am BOLDY determined to pay off the FedLoan by the end of this year!! My expertise is in mitigation and conservation banking, landscape-scale ecological restoration and CEQA/NEPA- level environmental documentation processes and permitting, state and federal proposals, and environmental marketing. After completing my degree at the University of Phoenix in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science (42k borrowed), in Environmental Science, I now have 5+ years of experience in environmental consultation and planning (and $66k in loans now). I love that my degree allows me to combine business with environmental restoration and sustainability processes to achieve success for public infrastructure and private development projects. I am MOTIVATED to pay off my student loan debt so that I can be prepared to pay for my daughter's college tuition in a few years. As a single mom, my education was a top priority. Now- it's about paying it off!! I'm also a small business owner and operator- FIRED Pizza, voted #3 best food truck and catering company in the San Joaquin Central Valley, CA. Check us out on instagram: @fired_pizza Did I mention I am also a 2019 Sacramento Business Journal 40 under 40 award winner?? Does this even matter??? I just need to pay off these student loans so I can really start saving for my daughter's upcoming college bills! HELP A MOM OUT!!