Why I Want To Pursue A Scholarship

I want to help research and design robotic prosthetics that provide more natural movements and the sense of touch. Movement is one of the challenges that affect people with missing limbs the most. Having the ability to stand, walk, reach, and grab are tasks that do not come easy for them. They will always need assistance. Being on our high school robotics team, we built robots that could lift, throw, and grab objects. I would love to make robotic devices to help disabled people live normal lives. I recently had the opportunity to visit a facility for wounded soldiers at Ft Sam, TX. We learned how they fit and customize prosthetic arms and legs for the soldiers and how they benefit

I believe that I should be awarded this scholarship because of my effort in my past twelve years. There have been many times where I wanted to give up on school, but my motivation arose from my parents and their struggle to keep my sister and me in school. Being from Guatemala, their goal was for me to get my education, and if I didn’t try I would be letting the opportunities slip through my hands. Throughout my four years of high school I’ve had sleepless nights, about 100 cups of coffee, endless alarm clocks, and stressful test days to get myself where I am now. I am twelve out of the one thousand and ninety-nine seniors; my GPA is a four point five. In the end it was all my effort. Without me pushing myself, I wouldn’t have been here awaiting

Leadership and service, both as part of and in a community, invariably determine the result of actions taken, and ultimately, the success of such a community. Leadership is about taking the first step while service revolves around taking the necessary steps that result. I am a passionate student mainly because during my life I have seen firsthand the effects of not working hard and momentarily losing hope. My goal is to harness my past experiences as motivation to improve the lives and care for others effectively. I believe I am one of the best candidates for the Rev Dr. James and Aretha Rogers Education and Scholarship Fund because my passion, dreams, and aspirations are only fundamentals to my hard work ethic; this scholarship would allow me to be prepared for college and a give me a great sense of honor.

Uneducated, Ignorant, and a house keeper was all I was set to be living in a small predominantly white town in Florida. I knew racism existed, but was too young to comprehend it. As I sat in class to better myself, and ensure that I learned the native tongue of those around me I found myself becoming blended. I am a Puerto Rican/Dominican American and the second generation of being a natural born citizen. I am, however, the first generation to apply to college. I feel I deserve this scholarship because I have come a long way from racism and overall expectations.

Growing up is a big part in life. It is very scary and hard sometimes, but I want to do it the right way. In 2019 I am a high school graduate, and Schuylkill Valley Alumi. I want to do big and better things once I graduate, and go to college.

In Kansas City Hispanics have had a presence in businesses in Missouri even Kansas. All of them were started with a vision to serve the public in a trade or service. They were men and women who all had to start somewhere. They had to ask someone close to kick start their business. A brother perhaps a parent. However for me i ask to go to college. My family was too big that my parents can not afford to send me to college. I am on my own for paying my higher education. Thanks to my school I had a class hour to submit and complete applications for college. I took advantage and made an effort to work even on this scholarship. I know that receiving this scholarship means the difference between focusing more on my classes than working and balancing my classes.

What motivates me most about obtaining my degree is the pride of accomplishment I will finally feel. I’m also motivated by the example and precedent I will set for my son, I can now be an example and not just a cliché. I can also finally admit that showing others that believed in me for so long that they weren’t wrong about me and lastly the fear of going after certain positions because that either want a certain level experience or a college degree will no longer seem impossible to obtain.

I believe I should receive this scholarship because I am an exemplary teenager, not only in academics, but also interpersonally and intrapersonally.

I deserve this scholarship because I try and make an effort everyday at school. I will admit that I took my first semester of ninth grade in high school for a joke. I was excited to be moving up to the bigger school. So, my grades went up and down. I started off in the Honors program but ended up being kicked out because of my math class. That was the hardest class I had. It was literally easy. However, I had just transferred from Northridge High School in Tuscaloosa, AL. The same math was being taken, but we were doing at Northridge was what Bibb County High School would be taking last. Our lessons plans were opposites. So, when I got there I already knew the things she didn't teach me. By the end of the course I was making a passing grade.

Like a lot of students applying for these scholarships, I do not come from the most fortunate family. I was raised by a single mother. My mother did everything in her power to keep us afloat in this rough world, including attending a community college to become a licensed practical nurse while having a child at home. All my mother ever asked of me was to stay out of trouble and keep my grades up so I can attend a good college. I knew that if I did not gain a scholarship to a school, she would have to pay out of pocket for college. I could not put that burden on her shoulders because I knew she could not afford it. With that motivation, I worked hard through all my years of school to make the best grades possible. I managed to make my mother proud by being an honor graduate from a predominantly white high school, making 24 on the ACT, and earning a full scholarship to Alcorn State University to major in biology.

Scholarship has always been important to me, and I have made it a point to continually challenge myself. My schedule is filled with honors and AP classes, I maintain a 4.0 GPA, and I rank first in my class. Because I excel in academics, I find it a privilege to help other students and have served as a mentor in a variety of subjects throughout

The ACE program (Achieving a College Education) plans on providing me a future scholarship, for future classes I will be taking. My parents have contributed over $100 dollars in gas total to transport me to PVCC (Paradise Valley Community College) each day during the summer of 2017, and every Saturday since the start of the school year. My parents have also contributed approximately $50 dollars in school supplies such as; pens, pencils, agenda, etc. and over $100 dollars contributed to eat-out items such as; lunch.

I started out as the odd dandelion in a field of wheat. As I begin to gradually bloom, I felt like I was expected yet obligated to be like wheat: ordinary, dry, and tasteless. From where I grew up in, Plainfield, Indiana, a majority of the people are just like wheat: ordinary, dry, and tasteless. Differentiating myself from these qualities, I felt the need to become who I want to be and achieve the things I desire. Thus, this made me a minority or a dandelion, and I have no absolute shame for doing what I want to do. The things I desire include me studying at Columbia University, and learning the history of art. I’ve always admired art and its origins, and how it created and structured the world. To me, I see art having its own culture and

I want to continue my education so I can get the best job I possibly can. I know the only way I can achieve that goal is to continue my education. I also want to be financially stable so my kids and wife never has to worry about being able to go on vacation, or going shopping, or helping out friends and family when they need me. I want to be able to help, and it all starts with getting a good job, which requires a higher level of education.

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure” (Bill Cosby). Reflecting back on my life I have dealt with numerous downfalls but I always bounce back. I was born in India and moved here when I was six years old. As I grew up in California I was not a bright student at first. I was enrolled in Carmichael Elementary in which I was the only one with Turban on my head, which caused me to get into a lot of fights with other students who were making fun of turban. Not knowing how to speak English at the time affected the way interacted with teachers and students. On the other hand my family always had a tight budget at home. Both of my parents worked at the store we owned which was the only source money. At school kids were always talking about their new shoes and the iPod which his or her parents got them. I didn’t get everything I wanted as a kid but as I got older I understand if did I could be a spoiled brat. When I moved from Carmichael to Sacramento and I was enrolled at Maeola R. Beitzel elementary. Going to this new school I already learned English so I made marvelous friends and was surrounded by positive people. Going from a chaos environment to this harmonious environment in part because I was speaking English, made me have unique personality .I was playing sports and growing as a student. Those years went by in no time. Now I am in high school and my family’s income has been growing. My mom changed her work to now at Jack in