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Hello my name is Unity Benson. I am a single mom of two boys. I am the first person in my family to go to collage. I plan to get my bachelor's degree in criminal justice. I plan to use that degree to go to law school. I want to also get my real estate license. I plan to use these elements of success to rebuild the poor community I was raised in. I have been in foster care, on welfare my whole life, and grew up in terrible conditions. I want to be the change the young poverty stricken community needs. Even as a teen mom I have strive for nothing for the best for me and my boys. I will succeed. I also want to make sure I am in a good place to do so. Thank you.

Education

College of Southern Nevada

Bachelor's degree program
2020 - 2024
  • Majors:
    • Criminal Justice and Corrections, General

Miscellaneous

  • Desired degree level:

    Trade School

  • Graduate schools of interest:

  • Transfer schools of interest:

  • Majors of interest:

  • Not planning to go to medical school
  • Career

    • Dream career field:

      Law Practice

    • Dream career goals:

      Attorney

      Future Interests

      Advocacy

      Politics

      Volunteering

      Entrepreneurship

      CareerVillage.org Scholarship
      Hello, my name is Unity Benson. At first glance, you would think I was always a happy, young spirt who had it together. That would be miss leading. My mother is schizophrenic. She has been that way since I could remember. My father took his life when I was five moths old. Since all my siblings and I had was our mentally ill mother, we had to deal with all the terrible life decisions she made for us. We were in and out of foster care, child haven, seen abuse and poverty like most people with a terrible past. At the age of eighteen I became a mother of my own child. I chose to make the best out of my life for my child. I went to adult ed and earned my high school diploma, before my older sister. I then started the work force three months pregnant and have been working ever since. I did mainly cook jobs because I couldn’t afford to feed my son at the time. They would let me take food home so I stuck to that career. I became pregnant with my second son and decided I needed an education to improve my life. The day I went into labor with my youngest I signed up for school. I was I school for about a year until I decided to switch my degree from Business Administration with a concentration in Human Recourse Management to Culinary Management. I was becoming known in the culinary industry and wanted the credentials to back it up. I attend Art Institute of Las Vegas for three and a half years. I grew my career in culinary and wanted a way to become successful for my boys. The year I was supposed to graduate the school closed down. I lost four years of hard work in an instant. Since I was the first person in my family to attend collage it inspired my sister to go to school as well. She was attending Collage of Southern Nevada. I decided to continue my education even if it meant starting over. I enrolled in Collage of Southern Nevada and get my degree in Criminal Justice. I figured if I could change the lives of my family, I could change the lives of people like me. I am currently in my first year back in collage. A freshman once more. I am no longer with my kids’ father so everything I do comes out of my pocket. I left culinary and am now an Area Manager at Amazon. For the first time in my life I see the fruits of my labor. I have a nice place, me and my boys eat every day, and I have a good job with a 401k and everything. This is only the start of my success. I know I am able to do more, have more, and bring more to others. My life will not be based off of the tragedies I have endured, but the lives I will help and change. My family went from no collage students to my sisters and I getting degrees. I did that. If I am capable of changing my family’s destiny, then I know I could do so much more for the people in this world who need it. I also plan to get my real estate license to buy back the poverty community owned by people who don’t seem to want to fix it.
      Snap Finance “Funding the Future” Scholarship
      Hello, my name is Unity Benson. At first glance, you would think I was always a happy, young spirt who had it together. That would be miss leading. My mother is schizophrenic. She has been that way since I could remember. My father took his life when I was five moths old. Since all my siblings and I had was our mentally ill mother, we had to deal with all the terrible life decisions she made for us. We were in and out of foster care, child haven, seen abuse and poverty like most people with a terrible past. At the age of eighteen I became a mother of my own child. I chose to make the best out of my life for my child. I went to adult ed and earned my high school diploma, before my older sister. I then started the work force three months pregnant and have been working ever since. I did mainly cook jobs because I couldn’t afford to feed my son at the time. They would let me take food home so I stuck to that career. I became pregnant with my second son and decided I needed an education to improve my life. The day I went into labor with my youngest I signed up for school. I was I school for about a year until I decided to switch my degree from Business Administration with a concentration in Human Recourse Management to Culinary Management. I was becoming known in the culinary industry and wanted the credentials to back it up. I attend Art Institute of Las Vegas for three and a half years. I grew my career in culinary and wanted a way to become successful for my boys. The year I was supposed to graduate the school closed down. I lost four years of hard work in an instant. Since I was the first person in my family to attend collage it inspired my sister to go to school as well. She was attending Collage of Southern Nevada. I decided to continue my education even if it meant starting over. I enrolled in Collage of Southern Nevada and get my degree in Criminal Justice. I figured if I could change the lives of my family, I could change the lives of people like me. I am currently in my first year back in collage. A freshman once more. I am no longer with my kids’ father so everything I do comes out of my pocket. I left culinary and am now an Area Manager at Amazon. For the first time in my life I see the fruits of my labor. I have a nice place, me and my boys eat every day, and I have a good job with a 401k and everything. This is only the start of my success. I know I am able to do more, have more, and bring more to others. My life will not be based off of the tragedies I have endured, but the lives I will help and change. My family went from no collage students to my sisters and I getting degrees. I did that. If I am capable of changing my family’s destiny, then I know I could do so much more for the people in this world who need it. I plan on taking my degree to the next level and go to law school. To be the change I want to see in the world. I also plan to get my real estate license to buy back the poverty community owned by people who don’t seem to want to fix it. I want to not only help people, but build an empire for generations to come so everyone has the opportunity to fix their situations. Success is infinite, and I plan on never stopping to build myself. This scholarship will not only help me, but it will help the future young people like me looking for a way out of their environment they were born into. I appreciate your time and consideration, and I hope you will choose me for this scholarship. Thank you.
      3Wishes Women’s Empowerment Scholarship
      Unity Benson Hello, my name is Unity Benson. At first glance, you would think I was always a happy, young spirt who had it together. That would be miss leading. My mother is schizophrenic. She has been that way since I could remember. My father took his life when I was five moths old. Since all my siblings and I had was our mentally ill mother, we had to deal with all the terrible life decisions she made for us. We were in and out of foster care, child haven, seen abuse and poverty like most people with a terrible past. At the age of eighteen I became a mother of my own child. I chose to make the best out of my life for my child. I went to adult ed and earned my high school diploma, before my older sister. I then started the work force three months pregnant and have been working ever since. I did mainly cook jobs because I couldn’t afford to feed my son at the time. They would let me take food home so I stuck to that career. I became pregnant with my second son and decided I needed an education to improve my life. The day I went into labor with my youngest I signed up for school. I was I school for about a year until I decided to switch my degree from Business Administration with a concentration in Human Recourse Management to Culinary Management. I was becoming known in the culinary industry and wanted the credentials to back it up. I attend Art Institute of Las Vegas for three and a half years. I grew my career in culinary and wanted a way to become successful for my boys. The year I was supposed to graduate the school closed down. I lost four years of hard work in an instant. Since I was the first person in my family to attend collage it inspired my sister to go to school as well. She was attending Collage of Southern Nevada. I decided to continue my education even if it meant starting over. I enrolled in Collage of Southern Nevada and get my degree in Criminal Justice. I figured if I could change the lives of my family, I could change the lives of people like me. I am currently in my first year back in collage. A freshman once more. I am no longer with my kids’ father so everything I do comes out of my pocket. I left culinary and am now an Area Manager at Amazon. For the first time in my life I see the fruits of my labor. I have a nice place, me and my boys eat every day, and I have a good job with a 401k and everything. This is only the start of my success. I know I am able to do more, have more, and bring more to others. My life will not be based off of the tragedies I have endured, but the lives I will help and change. My family went from no collage students to my sisters and I getting degrees. I did that. If I am capable of changing my family’s destiny, then I know I could do so much more for the people in this world who need it. I plan on taking my degree to the next level and go to law school. To be the change I want to see in the world. I also plan to get my real estate license to buy back the poverty community. Thank you.
      Nervo "Revolution" Scholarship
      Unity Benson Hello, my name is Unity Benson. At first glance, you would think I was always a happy, young spirt who had it together. That would be miss leading. My mother is schizophrenic. She has been that way since I could remember. My father took his life when I was five moths old. Since all my siblings and I had was our mentally ill mother, we had to deal with all the terrible life decisions she made for us. We were in and out of foster care, child haven, seen abuse and poverty like most people with a terrible past. At the age of eighteen I became a mother of my own child. I chose to make the best out of my life for my child. I went to adult ed and earned my high school diploma, before my older sister. I then started the work force three months pregnant and have been working ever since. I did mainly cook jobs because I couldn’t afford to feed my son at the time. They would let me take food home so I stuck to that career. I became pregnant with my second son and decided I needed an education to improve my life. The day I went into labor with my youngest I signed up for school. I was I school for about a year until I decided to switch my degree from Business Administration with a concentration in Human Recourse Management to Culinary Management. I was becoming known in the culinary industry and wanted the credentials to back it up. I attend Art Institute of Las Vegas for three and a half years. I grew my career in culinary and wanted a way to become successful for my boys. The year I was supposed to graduate the school closed down. I lost four years of hard work in an instant. Since I was the first person in my family to attend collage it inspired my sister to go to school as well. She was attending Collage of Southern Nevada. I decided to continue my education even if it meant starting over. I enrolled in Collage of Southern Nevada and get my degree in Criminal Justice. I figured if I could change the lives of my family, I could change the lives of people like me. I am currently in my first year back in collage. A freshman once more. I am no longer with my kids’ father so everything I do comes out of my pocket. I left culinary and am now an Area Manager at Amazon. For the first time in my life I see the fruits of my labor. I have a nice place, me and my boys eat every day, and I have a good job with a 401k and everything. This is only the start of my success. I know I am able to do more, have more, and bring more to others. My life will not be based off of the tragedies I have endured, but the lives I will help and change. My family went from no collage students to my sisters and I getting degrees. I did that. If I am capable of changing my family’s destiny, then I know I could do so much more for the people in this world who need it. I plan on taking my degree to the next level and go to law school. To be the change I want to see in the world. I also plan to get my real estate license to buy back the poverty community owned by people who don’t seem to want to fix it. I want to not only help people, but build an empire for generations to come so everyone has the opportunity to fix their situations. Success is infinite, and I plan on never stopping to build myself. This scholarship will not only help me, but it will help the future young people like me looking for a way out of their environment they were born into. I appreciate your time and consideration, and I hope you will choose me for this scholarship. Thank you.
      Ashley M. Lopez Foster Care Scholarship
      Benson Hello, my name is Unity Benson. At first glance, you would think I was always a happy, young spirt who had it together. That would be miss leading. My mother is schizophrenic. She has been that way since I could remember. My father took his life when I was five moths old. Since all my siblings and I had was our mentally ill mother, we had to deal with all the terrible life decisions she made for us. We were in and out of foster care, child haven, seen abuse and poverty like most people with a terrible past. At the age of eighteen I became a mother of my own child. I chose to make the best out of my life for my child. I went to adult ed and earned my high school diploma, before my older sister. I then started the work force three months pregnant and have been working ever since. I did mainly cook jobs because I couldn’t afford to feed my son at the time. They would let me take food home so I stuck to that career. I became pregnant with my second son and decided I needed an education to improve my life. The day I went into labor with my youngest I signed up for school. I was I school for about a year until I decided to switch my degree from Business Administration with a concentration in Human Recourse Management to Culinary Management. I was becoming known in the culinary industry and wanted the credentials to back it up. I attend Art Institute of Las Vegas for three and a half years. I grew my career in culinary and wanted a way to become successful for my boys. The year I was supposed to graduate the school closed down. I lost four years of hard work in an instant. Since I was the first person in my family to attend collage it inspired my sister to go to school as well. She was attending Collage of Southern Nevada. I decided to continue my education even if it meant starting over. I enrolled in Collage of Southern Nevada and get my degree in Criminal Justice. I figured if I could change the lives of my family, I could change the lives of people like me. I am currently in my first year back in collage. A freshman once more. I am no longer with my kids’ father so everything I do comes out of my pocket. I left culinary and am now an Area Manager at Amazon. For the first time in my life I see the fruits of my labor. I have a nice place, me and my boys eat every day, and I have a good job with a 401k and everything. This is only the start of my success. I know I am able to do more, have more, and bring more to others. My life will not be based off of the tragedies I have endured, but the lives I will help and change. My family went from no collage students to my sisters and I getting degrees. I did that. If I am capable of changing my family’s destiny, then I know I could do so much more for the people in this world who need it. I plan on taking my degree to the next level and go to law school. To be the change I want to see in the world. I also plan to get my real estate license to buy back the poverty community. Thank you.
      Darryl Davis "Follow Your Heart" Scholarship
      Benson Hello, my name is Unity Benson. At first glance, you would think I was always a happy, young spirt who had it together. That would be miss leading. My mother is schizophrenic. She has been that way since I could remember. My father took his life when I was five moths old. Since all my siblings and I had was our mentally ill mother, we had to deal with all the terrible life decisions she made for us. We were in and out of foster care, child haven, seen abuse and poverty like most people with a terrible past. At the age of eighteen I became a mother of my own child. I chose to make the best out of my life for my child. I went to adult ed and earned my high school diploma, before my older sister. I then started the work force three months pregnant and have been working ever since. I did mainly cook jobs because I couldn’t afford to feed my son at the time. They would let me take food home so I stuck to that career. I became pregnant with my second son and decided I needed an education to improve my life. The day I went into labor with my youngest I signed up for school. I was I school for about a year until I decided to switch my degree from Business Administration with a concentration in Human Recourse Management to Culinary Management. I was becoming known in the culinary industry and wanted the credentials to back it up. I attend Art Institute of Las Vegas for three and a half years. I grew my career in culinary and wanted a way to become successful for my boys. The year I was supposed to graduate the school closed down. I lost four years of hard work in an instant. Since I was the first person in my family to attend collage it inspired my sister to go to school as well. She was attending Collage of Southern Nevada. I decided to continue my education even if it meant starting over. I enrolled in Collage of Southern Nevada and get my degree in Criminal Justice. I figured if I could change the lives of my family, I could change the lives of people like me. I am currently in my first year back in collage. A freshman once more. I am no longer with my kids’ father so everything I do comes out of my pocket. I left culinary and am now an Area Manager at Amazon. For the first time in my life I see the fruits of my labor. I have a nice place, me and my boys eat every day, and I have a good job with a 401k and everything. This is only the start of my success. I know I am able to do more, have more, and bring more to others. My life will not be based off of the tragedies I have endured, but the lives I will help and change. My family went from no collage students to my sisters and I getting degrees. I did that. If I am capable of changing my family’s destiny, then I know I could do so much more for the people in this world who need it. I plan on taking my degree to the next level and go to law school. To be the change I want to see in the world. I also plan to get my real estate license to buy back the poverty community owned by people who don’t seem to want to fix it. I want to not only help people, but build an empire for generations to come so everyone has the opportunity to fix their situations. Success is infinite, and I plan on never stopping to build myself. This scholarship will not only help me, but it will help the future young people like me looking for a way out of their environment they were born into. I appreciate your time and consideration, and I hope you will choose me for this scholarship. Thank you.
      Maida Brkanovic Memorial Scholarship
      Benson Hello, my name is Unity Benson. At first glance, you would think I was always a happy, young spirt who had it together. That would be miss leading. My mother is schizophrenic. She has been that way since I could remember. My father took his life when I was five moths old. Since all my siblings and I had was our mentally ill mother, we had to deal with all the terrible life decisions she made for us. We were in and out of foster care, child haven, seen abuse and poverty like most people with a terrible past. At the age of eighteen I became a mother of my own child. I chose to make the best out of my life for my child. I went to adult ed and earned my high school diploma, before my older sister. I then started the work force three months pregnant and have been working ever since. I did mainly cook jobs because I couldn’t afford to feed my son at the time. They would let me take food home so I stuck to that career. I became pregnant with my second son and decided I needed an education to improve my life. The day I went into labor with my youngest I signed up for school. I was I school for about a year until I decided to switch my degree from Business Administration with a concentration in Human Recourse Management to Culinary Management. I was becoming known in the culinary industry and wanted the credentials to back it up. I attend Art Institute of Las Vegas for three and a half years. I grew my career in culinary and wanted a way to become successful for my boys. The year I was supposed to graduate the school closed down. I lost four years of hard work in an instant. Since I was the first person in my family to attend collage it inspired my sister to go to school as well. She was attending Collage of Southern Nevada. I decided to continue my education even if it meant starting over. I enrolled in Collage of Southern Nevada and get my degree in Criminal Justice. I figured if I could change the lives of my family, I could change the lives of people like me. I am currently in my first year back in collage. A freshman once more. I am no longer with my kids’ father so everything I do comes out of my pocket. I left culinary and am now an Area Manager at Amazon. For the first time in my life I see the fruits of my labor. I have a nice place, me and my boys eat every day, and I have a good job with a 401k and everything. This is only the start of my success. I know I am able to do more, have more, and bring more to others. My life will not be based off of the tragedies I have endured, but the lives I will help and change. My family went from no collage students to my sisters and I getting degrees. I did that. If I am capable of changing my family’s destiny, then I know I could do so much more for the people in this world who need it. I plan on taking my degree to the next level and go to law school. To be the change I want to see in the world. I also plan to get my real estate license to buy back the poverty community owned by people who don’t seem to want to fix it. I want to not only help people, but build an empire for generations to come so everyone has the opportunity to fix their situations. Success is infinite, and I plan on never stopping to build myself. This scholarship will not only help me, but it will help the future young people like me looking for a way out of their environment they were born into. I appreciate your time and consideration, and I hope you will choose me for this scholarship. Thank you.
      Pelipost Overcoming Adversity Scholarship
      Benson Hello, my name is Unity Benson. At first glance, you would think I was always a happy, young spirt who had it together. That would be miss leading. My mother is schizophrenic. She has been that way since I could remember. My father took his life when I was five moths old. Since all my siblings and I had was our mentally ill mother, we had to deal with all the terrible life decisions she made for us. We were in and out of foster care, child haven, seen abuse and poverty like most people with a terrible past. At the age of eighteen I became a mother of my own child. I chose to make the best out of my life for my child. I went to adult ed and earned my high school diploma, before my older sister. I then started the work force three months pregnant and have been working ever since. I did mainly cook jobs because I couldn’t afford to feed my son at the time. They would let me take food home so I stuck to that career. I became pregnant with my second son and decided I needed an education to improve my life. The day I went into labor with my youngest I signed up for school. I was I school for about a year until I decided to switch my degree from Business Administration with a concentration in Human Recourse Management to Culinary Management. I was becoming known in the culinary industry and wanted the credentials to back it up. I attend Art Institute of Las Vegas for three and a half years. I grew my career in culinary and wanted a way to become successful for my boys. The year I was supposed to graduate the school closed down. I lost four years of hard work in an instant. Since I was the first person in my family to attend collage it inspired my sister to go to school as well. She was attending Collage of Southern Nevada. I decided to continue my education even if it meant starting over. I enrolled in Collage of Southern Nevada and get my degree in Criminal Justice. I figured if I could change the lives of my family, I could change the lives of people like me. I am currently in my first year back in collage. A freshman once more. I am no longer with my kids’ father so everything I do comes out of my pocket. I left culinary and am now an Area Manager at Amazon. For the first time in my life I see the fruits of my labor. I have a nice place, me and my boys eat every day, and I have a good job with a 401k and everything. This is only the start of my success. I know I am able to do more, have more, and bring more to others. My life will not be based off of the tragedies I have endured, but the lives I will help and change. My family went from no collage students to my sisters and I getting degrees. I did that. If I am capable of changing my family’s destiny, then I know I could do so much more for the people in this world who need it. I plan on taking my degree to the next level and go to law school. To be the change I want to see in the world. I also plan to get my real estate license to buy back the poverty community owned by people who don’t seem to want to fix it. I want to not only help people, but build an empire for generations to come so everyone has the opportunity to fix their situations. Success is infinite, and I plan on never stopping to build myself. This scholarship will not only help me, but it will help the future young people like me looking for a way out of their environment they were born into. I appreciate your time and consideration, and I hope you will choose me for this scholarship. Thank you.
      Cocoa Diaries Scholarship
      Unity Benson Hello, my name is Unity Benson. At first glance, you would think I was always a happy, young spirt who had it together. That would be miss leading. My mother is schizophrenic. She has been that way since I could remember. My father took his life when I was five moths old. Since all my siblings and I had was our mentally ill mother, we had to deal with all the terrible life decisions she made for us. We were in and out of foster care, child haven, seen abuse and poverty like most people with a terrible past. At the age of eighteen I became a mother of my own child. I chose to make the best out of my life for my child. I went to adult ed and earned my high school diploma, before my older sister. I then started the work force three months pregnant and have been working ever since. I did mainly cook jobs because I couldn’t afford to feed my son at the time. They would let me take food home so I stuck to that career. I became pregnant with my second son and decided I needed an education to improve my life. The day I went into labor with my youngest I signed up for school. I was I school for about a year until I decided to switch my degree from Business Administration with a concentration in Human Recourse Management to Culinary Management. I was becoming known in the culinary industry and wanted the credentials to back it up. I attend Art Institute of Las Vegas for three and a half years. I grew my career in culinary and wanted a way to become successful for my boys. The year I was supposed to graduate the school closed down. I lost four years of hard work in an instant. Since I was the first person in my family to attend collage it inspired my sister to go to school as well. She was attending Collage of Southern Nevada. I decided to continue my education even if it meant starting over. I enrolled in Collage of Southern Nevada and get my degree in Criminal Justice. I figured if I could change the lives of my family, I could change the lives of people like me. I am currently in my first year back in collage. A freshman once more. I am no longer with my kids’ father so everything I do comes out of my pocket. I left culinary and am now an Area Manager at Amazon. For the first time in my life I see the fruits of my labor. I have a nice place, me and my boys eat every day, and I have a good job with a 401k and everything. This is only the start of my success. I know I am able to do more, have more, and bring more to others.
      Team Black Empowerment Scholarship
      Unity Benson Hello, my name is Unity Benson. At first glance, you would think I was always a happy, young spirt who had it together. That would be miss leading. My mother is schizophrenic. She has been that way since I could remember. My father took his life when I was five moths old. Since all my siblings and I had was our mentally ill mother, we had to deal with all the terrible life decisions she made for us. We were in and out of foster care, child haven, seen abuse and poverty like most people with a terrible past. At the age of eighteen I became a mother of my own child. I chose to make the best out of my life for my child. I went to adult ed and earned my high school diploma, before my older sister. I then started the work force three months pregnant and have been working ever since. I did mainly cook jobs because I couldn’t afford to feed my son at the time. They would let me take food home so I stuck to that career. I became pregnant with my second son and decided I needed an education to improve my life. The day I went into labor with my youngest I signed up for school. I was I school for about a year until I decided to switch my degree from Business Administration with a concentration in Human Recourse Management to Culinary Management. I was becoming known in the culinary industry and wanted the credentials to back it up. I attend Art Institute of Las Vegas for three and a half years. I grew my career in culinary and wanted a way to become successful for my boys. The year I was supposed to graduate the school closed down. I lost four years of hard work in an instant. Since I was the first person in my family to attend collage it inspired my sister to go to school as well. She was attending Collage of Southern Nevada. I decided to continue my education even if it meant starting over. I enrolled in Collage of Southern Nevada and get my degree in Criminal Justice. I figured if I could change the lives of my family, I could change the lives of people like me. I am currently in my first year back in collage. A freshman once more. I am no longer with my kids’ father so everything I do comes out of my pocket. I left culinary and am now an Area Manager at Amazon. For the first time in my life I see the fruits of my labor. I have a nice place, me and my boys eat every day, and I have a good job with a 401k and everything. This is only the start of my success. I know I am able to do more, have more, and bring more to others. My life will not be based off of the tragedies I have endured, but the lives I will help and change. My family went from no collage students to my sisters and I getting degrees. I did that. If I am capable of changing my family’s destiny, then I know I could do so much more for the people in this world who need it. I plan on taking my degree to the next level and go to law school. To be the change I want to see in the world. I also plan to get my real estate license to buy back the poverty community owned by people who don’t seem to want to fix it. I want to not only help people, but build an empire for generations to come so everyone has the opportunity to fix their situations. Success is infinite, and I plan on never stopping to build myself. This scholarship will not only help me, but it will help the future young people like me looking for a way out of their environment they were born into. I appreciate your time and consideration, and I hope you will choose me for this scholarship. Thank you.
      Markforged Distinguished Black Engineers Grant
      Unity Benson Hello, my name is Unity Benson. At first glance, you would think I was always a happy, young spirt who had it together. That would be miss leading. My mother is schizophrenic. She has been that way since I could remember. My father took his life when I was five moths old. Since all my siblings and I had was our mentally ill mother, we had to deal with all the terrible life decisions she made for us. We were in and out of foster care, child haven, seen abuse and poverty like most people with a terrible past. At the age of eighteen I became a mother of my own child. I chose to make the best out of my life for my child. I went to adult ed and earned my high school diploma, before my older sister. I then started the work force three months pregnant and have been working ever since. I did mainly cook jobs because I couldn’t afford to feed my son at the time. They would let me take food home so I stuck to that career. I became pregnant with my second son and decided I needed an education to improve my life. The day I went into labor with my youngest I signed up for school. I was I school for about a year until I decided to switch my degree from Business Administration with a concentration in Human Recourse Management to Culinary Management. I was becoming known in the culinary industry and wanted the credentials to back it up. I attend Art Institute of Las Vegas for three and a half years. I grew my career in culinary and wanted a way to become successful for my boys. The year I was supposed to graduate the school closed down. I lost four years of hard work in an instant. Since I was the first person in my family to attend collage it inspired my sister to go to school as well. She was attending Collage of Southern Nevada. I decided to continue my education even if it meant starting over. I enrolled in Collage of Southern Nevada and get my degree in Criminal Justice. I figured if I could change the lives of my family, I could change the lives of people like me. I am currently in my first year back in collage. A freshman once more. I am no longer with my kids’ father so everything I do comes out of my pocket. I left culinary and am now an Area Manager at Amazon. For the first time in my life I see the fruits of my labor. I have a nice place, me and my boys eat every day, and I have a good job with a 401k and everything. This is only the start of my success. I know I am able to do more, have more, and bring more to others. My life will not be based off of the tragedies I have endured, but the lives I will help and change. My family went from no collage students to my sisters and I getting degrees. I did that. If I am capable of changing my family’s destiny, then I know I could do so much more for the people in this world who need it. I plan on taking my degree to the next level and go to law school. To be the change I want to see in the world. I also plan to get my real estate license to buy back the poverty community owned by people who don’t seem to want to fix it. I want to not only help people, but build an empire for generations to come so everyone has the opportunity to fix their situations. Success is infinite, and I plan on never stopping to build myself. This scholarship will not only help me, but it will help the future young people like me looking for a way out of their environment they were born into. I appreciate your time and consideration, and I hope you will choose me for this scholarship. Thank you.