NFPA Youth Scholarship for Continuing Education Students
NFPA proudly announces that it will be awarding a scholarship to a student who is continuing their college or technical school enrollment beyond the first year. In addition to providing scholarships for graduating seniors/GED students to include:
–2 foster youth scholarships
–1 adopted youth scholarship
–1 birth youth scholarship
The scholarship application period will begin in mid-January for the 2017-2018 school year. Please check our website, www.nfpaonline.org for qualifications and application materials.
In a way, my whole life has been somewhat of a roller coaster. I was born into a very disconnected family. No one in my family has ever gone to college, and I am trying to change that horrible tradition by doing my best at everything that comes my way. When I was born, my mom and dad were struggling with drugs, so I was taken away from them and placed with my grandparents, but that ended up not being the best idea. They mentally and physically abused my sisters and me. Eventually, we were taken from my grandparents and placed in a family that loved and cared about us and our futures. My foster mom pushed me to take college classes in my sophomore year, and personally, I think that was the best decision I have ever made in my life. After taking psychology in my sophomore year, I decided to pursue a career in education. I love learning about the mind and how children’s minds develop throughout the years, so I really wanted to work with children. I thought that teaching was the best job for me. Also, I want to be the teacher who is there for children who don’t have that support or security at home. I am currently in the program “Grow Your Own.” This program allows you to go into classrooms and shadow teachers while they are teaching, and we are taking college classes along the way. So yes, I have had a life full of trauma, but I have changed my path, and it’s a very good path in my opinion because if I had never been taken away from my grandparents, I doubt that I would have ever thought of going to college. This is the highest point of my life in so many ways.