The impact of this scholarship on my education would not only be seen but would literally be felt throughout my entire family. Being a 47-year-old male, who is the sole provider in his home, working one full-time job and one more than a part-time job to keep his family afloat. I worked on the streets, in Emergency Medical Services from 1989 to 2013 when I moved into the classroom full-time. I teach Public Safety courses to all high school students and the EMT course for high school juniors and seniors. Come into the public-school system as a lateral entry teacher I had to go school to get courses in education to keep teaching. Then I was told to get my years of EMS service back to increase my monthly income that I had to go back to school to
