I was sitting in a school board meeting, nearing the end of my senior year, when I received a phone call that I didn’t know would change my whole life experience.

Catch a break! has been a tremendous help to me, and without it I may have not been able to further my education. That makes me very fortunate that I had some good councilors in high school, because I originally had made up my mind that I wasn't going to apply. I was unsure that I was who they were looking for, and the thought of a personal interview was honestly quite scary. However, one of my councilors managed to convince me to apply after a conversation about what my future could look like.