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I decided to pursue my Master of Social Work with faith. I had no idea how I was going to afford this degree but I know god as called me for a time as this and I obeyed. I am requesting this scholarship because of financial difficulties. I am a single mother of three children, twins who are 14 years old and a 6 year old boy. I do not receive any help or financial support from the twins father and been taking care of them on my own since I had them at 16 years old. I am married but separated and my husband only helps with his child. I live in the projects, on food stamp, and was recently on Temporary assistant for needy family. I hit rock bottom last December when my children and I ended up in a battered woman shelter in Austin and even though that time in my life was so dark, it gave me the strength to fight it to graduate with my bachelor of science in May and went straight ahead into my MSW program. I am passionate about social serve. I want this degree not for me but for the life I will change once I am certified. Because of my own struggles I could not imagine myself doing nothing else with my life than to serve …show more content…
It did not feel right as I pass them by, I felt as if it was my duty to help them. For the first month or so I brainstorm all possible ideas to assist the homeless. Finally, everything is going to be alright was founded. It started with just my children and me. I went to Austin bought a case of water and $50 worth of $1 sandwich from Wendy’s. I also, wrote note cards that said “everything is going to be alright” and my kids and I hand it out to the homeless, while my little one sing the line from bob Marley song to them” everything is going to be
I decided to pursue my Master of Social Work with faith. I had no idea how I was going to afford this degree but I know god as called me for a time as this and I obeyed. I am requesting this scholarship because of financial difficulties. I am a single mother of three children, twins who are 14 years old and a 6 year old boy. I do not receive any help or financial support from the twins father and been taking care of them on my own since I had them at 16 years old. I am married but separated and my husband only helps with his child. I live in the projects, on food stamp, and was recently on Temporary assistant for needy family. I hit rock bottom last December when my children and I ended up in a battered woman shelter in Austin and even though that time in my life was so dark, it gave me the strength to fight it to graduate with my bachelor of science in May and went straight ahead into my MSW program. I am passionate about social serve. I want this degree not for me but for the life I will change once I am certified. Because of my own struggles I could not imagine myself doing nothing else with my life than to serve …show more content…
It did not feel right as I pass them by, I felt as if it was my duty to help them. For the first month or so I brainstorm all possible ideas to assist the homeless. Finally, everything is going to be alright was founded. It started with just my children and me. I went to Austin bought a case of water and $50 worth of $1 sandwich from Wendy’s. I also, wrote note cards that said “everything is going to be alright” and my kids and I hand it out to the homeless, while my little one sing the line from bob Marley song to them” everything is going to be