After losing my husband to suicide and becoming an
independent parent of two elementary school children I decided to pursue higher
education in the career path of social work. I came to Windward Community
College in 2011 and I am proud to say that I will be graduating in May 2013
with my associates’ degree. I attribute my upcoming commencement and academic
success due in large part to Trio SSS. Trio has afforded me the many services
needed to succeed. These services include tutoring, mentoring, free printing,
academic advising, childcare when I needed it during my evening classes, free
sandwiches so I didn’t have to leave campus which allowed me to stay discipline
in my studies, the days and hours of operation especially Fridays allowed me to
do my homework without having to take it home and get distracted by my children
and life’s other responsibilities, and I gained emotional as well as
psychological support encouraging me to keep diligent with reaching my goals. I
am a first generation college student and I will be transferring to the
University of Hawaii at Manoa in August 2013 where I will be pursuing my BSW in
the Myron B. Thompson School of social work. My goal immediately following my
BSW is to obtain a MSW. I am extremely passionate about bringing hope to others.
I am grateful to the many agencies that have assisted my family with our healing
process. I am forever grateful to Trio SSS and all its services that have
allowed me to begin fulfilling my educational and life goals of helping others
and becoming more self-sufficient to adequately support my family. Again, none
of my success to a better life would be possible had it not been for Trio SSS
which is built on the true essence of Ohana. I come from a family plagued with
alcoholism, drug addiction and incarceration. So having Trio SSS has changed my
life because they supported me every step of the way. I pray that this program
will be here for future generations to come with adequate funding; meaning
either more funds or absolutely no budget cuts, and stay in full operation of
accessibility Monday through Friday. I say this not only as a Trio SSS
recipient but as a future social worker fully aware of the many social welfare
issues still prevalent today. Trio SSS has a variety of participates and it’s a
huge success and what I believe to be a necessity if we as students’ are to
success.
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