Hope, Exhausting Work, and a Single Guardian Scholarship

Holly (proper) receives her ASPSF Fall 2024 scholarship along with her daughter, Kinzlee.

The pandemic uprooted so many lives, however not for Holly. 2020 was the yr when she remodeled her life. 

“I made a decision to take an opportunity and do one thing completely different,” mentioned the one mother. “The final and ultimate time I used a substance was in August 2020.” 

As soon as sober, Holly began working at a nursing residence as a laundry attendant. Seeing her willpower, the nursing residence sponsored Holly to take lessons to grow to be a licensed nursing assistant (CNA). 

Holly has seen her life remodel by way of her exhausting work. She earned her affiliate diploma after which began on her bachelor’s. She made the Chancellor’s Listing and the Dean’s Listing. She even earned a promotion at work, changing into the nursing residence’s social director.

However extra importantly, Holly is repairing relationships along with her teenage daughter and grownup son. Together with her single father or mother scholarship, Holly is ready to spend extra time along with her daughter and is noticing constructive modifications.

“My daughter has been making use of herself extra to her faculty work, maturing in her feelings, and exhibiting higher conduct,” Holly mentioned. 

Holly expects to graduate with a bachelor’s subsequent fall and go on to graduate faculty and grow to be a licensed social employee. At some point, she’d like to begin a nonprofit and assist youngsters whose mother and father are incarcerated.

“ASPSF has helped me to see there are individuals who need to see others succeed and need to assist,” she mentioned. “The donors of this fund assist break generational curses and create a special actuality for not solely the mother and father however the youngsters.”