This scholarship is very significant to me, my family and my life. I also breathe with relief knowing I am aided with needed support. I plan on transferring to a four-year CUNY college with a major in Cyber Security. My intention with my associate’s degree in Information Technology and my future bachelor’s degree in Cyber Security is to build technology to help women who suffer from human trafficking.

Receiving this award has given me hope that as an aspiring, young Latina professional, I can accomplish big goals. The great thing about this scholarship is that I am not the only one who receives it. Many other dedicated students have fortunately been given the same support from the Amadou Diallo Foundation. I will be continuing my dedication to my school and community with the generosity from this award. I hope to set an example for my younger siblings as a future Software Developer in Information Technology.

Your donation will help me a lot because as a person living without my family in this city, I was wondering how I would be able to have a perfect academic as I wanted. But by receiving this scholarship, it will help me work less hour outside the school and be more focus on my academic. It will make my semester as a freshman easier because the classes I have for this semester need a lot of work at home so if I did not get this scholarship which allowed me to reduce my work time outside of school, I don't really know if I would be able to combine full-time work and this semester because it asks a lot of sacrifices.