Meet The Recipients
Liz
I went back to high school by going online when I got pregnant with my daughter. I graduated in one summer and immediately started college shortly after the birth of my daughter. A few weeks into school and just before my daughter turned a month old, she was diagnosed with a childhood cancer called retinoblastoma. I stayed in school and went through the beginning stages of treatment with my daughter as well as moved to a different state for her treatments. She is kicking cancers butt and hasn’t had chemo for over a year. I will soon be graduating with my BS in Cybersecurity at Southern New Hampshire University online and hope to get a job soon to support my daughter and myself. I am 22 and my daughter is now 20 months.
Ushida
My name is Ushida and I’m a teenage mom my daughter is 21 months old and im going to Texas Women’s University. My major is to become a social worker.
I want to help others who go through the same thing I went through my life story is about care for others that is the power I want to do for another people in future. And my plan is to take off my daughter in every condition.
Keyuana
Graduated from Grand Prairie High School, Grand Prairie, TX. 2014
High School GPA 4.0
Became Pregnant Junior Year of High School
Single Parent
Attending Texas A&M University Starting Fall 2014 and graduated
“I have heard many people say that education is the key and the way to a purposeful life. I have found out that is a very true and interesting statement. I intend on using my education to further my career as a Forensic Scientist to solve many crimes and help prove a person’s innocence and or guilt. Because of my education not only an I making a better life for me and my family but giving us an opportunity to experience a whole new world.” ~ Keyuana Hillard
Yesenia
GED Graduate – She was working at a local Chick-Fil-a with no plans to do much else. She applied for the scholarship and attended a local junior college. After completion she trained to become an x-ray technician and successfully secured a job in that field.