Hobbies and interests
Reading
Cooking
Baking
Swimming
Exercise And Fitness
Animals
Spending Time With Friends and Family
Board Games And Puzzles
Exploring Nature And Being Outside
Reading
Adult Fiction
Cookbooks
Horror
Mystery
Realistic Fiction
Young Adult
Women's Fiction
Spirituality
I read books daily
US CITIZENSHIP
US Citizen
LOW INCOME STUDENT
Yes
FIRST GENERATION STUDENT
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Jessica Peters
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FinalistJessica Peters
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I am a very ambitious 28-year-old who wants to future my education and improve my quality of life. I love to spend time with my family and friends. I am huge on reading and increasing my knowledge. I also am a dog mom of a 3-year-old blood hood named Bailey and a Goldendoodle named Walter!
I currently have 4 years in recovery from all mind and mood-altering substances. I took a 6-year break from college due to the life choices I made in the past. I also choose to move entirely away from my hometown and to a new state! I am now trying to get my life back, but unfortunately, that has been difficult with the amount of debt I created for myself, and my student loans defaulted. I am extremely independent and only rely on myself to fix my mistakes and move on. I hurt enough people in my past and took advantage. Now is my time to do things for me and to make things right!
I am currently going to school for Accounting and then possibly business administration. Numbers are my thing! Now, I am enrolled at a community college, but I will eventually need to move on to a 4-year college to obtain my bachelor's degree.
Education
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor's degree programMajors:
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
Minors:
- Accounting and Computer Science
Community College of Allegheny County
Bachelor's degree programMajors:
- Accounting and Related Services
Minors:
- Accounting and Related Services
Charles w Baker High School
High SchoolMiscellaneous
Desired degree level:
Bachelor's degree program
Graduate schools of interest:
Transfer schools of interest:
Majors of interest:
- Accounting and Related Services
- Finance and Financial Management Services
- Business/Managerial Economics
Career
Dream career field:
Accounting
Dream career goals:
Company Founder
Staff Accoutant
Healthcare Management Advisors2021 – Present3 yearsGallery Attendant
The Residency2021 – 20221 yearAssistant Manager
Things Remembered2014 – 20162 yearsSecretary
Escajeda Masonry2020 – 20222 yearsCatering
Dibellas2019 – 20201 year
Sports
Track & Field
Varsity2008 – 20124 years
Arts
The Residency
Painting2021 – Present
Public services
Volunteering
Red Cross- Donating Blood2012 – PresentVolunteering
MDS — Help set up and clean up functions. Serve food and beverages.2011 – 2013
Future Interests
Volunteering
Pettable Life Transitions Pet Lovers Scholarship
Ethel Hayes Destigmatization of Mental Health Scholarship
My journey with self-love and acceptance has been a treacherous path. As a child and young teen, I never felt like I belonged or fit in anywhere. My real father left at a very young age, my older brother was addicted to drugs, and my Mom worked 3 jobs to keep food on the table and with that, she wasn't around much. I was typically by myself always and had to find ways to entertain myself. I constantly was picked on throughout schooling. Between being bullied in school and being alone most of the time, I began to think it was my fault and that I couldn't be loved and that there was something wrong with me.
By the time I entered high school, I had begun to fiddle with drugs, I experimented with self-harm and even had attempted suicide multiple times. Shortly after graduating high school, I fell into a crowd that suffered from the same ideas and believes of themselves that I did. I began to use drugs heavily to numb myself to the constant thought of how terrible I was as a person. I held crappy relationships with terrible men who abused me, physically, mentally, and emotionally, and I continued to let it happen because I truly believed that was what I deserved.
Today I have just over 2 years clean for all mind and mood-altering substances. I found my way to a 12-step program that helped me get to where I am today. Through working the steps and actually applying them to my life, not just for drugs, but for everything, I have started to love myself. I never thought that would be a possibility with how strong my self-hate was in the past. I can't say I one- hundred percent love myself but I can say I finally do have self-love for once in life and I continue to work on it every single day. I only surround myself with people who have the right intentions in mind, towards me, and towards themselves. And well, I believe with the gaining of self-love I have begun to accept myself for what I have done, who I am, and where I want to go in life.
Three years ago, if you told me that I would of completed probation early, moved to another state, got clean and stayed clean from drugs, I would have never believed you. Also, if you told me that one day I would go back to college and be successful, I would have laughed at you and told you that you were crazy. But here I am doing the dang thing!
Pettable Pet Lovers Scholarship Fund
Sander Jennings Spread the Love Scholarship
My journey with self-love and acceptance has been a treacherous path. As a child and young teen, I never felt like I belonged or fit in anywhere. My real father left at a very young age, my older brother was addicted to drugs, and my Mom worked 3 jobs to keep food on the table and with that, she wasn't around much. I was typically by myself always and had to find ways to entertain myself. I constantly was picked on throughout schooling. Between being bullied in school and being alone most of the time, I began to think it was my fault and that I couldn't be loved and that there was something wrong with me.
By the time I entered high school, I had begun to fiddle with drugs, I experimented with self-harm and even had attempted suicide multiple times. Shortly after graduating high school, I fell into a crowd that suffered from the same ideas and believes of themselves that I did. I began to use drugs heavily to numb myself to the constant thought of how terrible I was as a person. I held crappy relationships with terrible men who abused me, physically, mentally, and emotionally, and I continued to let it happen because I truly believed that was what I deserved.
Today I have just over 2 years clean for all mind and mood-altering substances. I found my way to a 12-step program that helped me get to where I am today. Through working the steps and actually applying them to my life, not just for drugs, but for everything, I have started to love myself. I never thought that would be a possibility with how strong my self-hate was in the past. I can't say I one- hundred percent love myself but I can say I finally do have self-love for once in life and I continue to work on it every single day. I only surround myself with people who have the right intentions in mind, towards me, and towards themselves. And well, I believe with the gaining of self-love I have begun to accept myself for what I have done, who I am, and where I want to go in life.
Three years ago, if you told me that I would of completed probation early, moved to another state, got clean and stayed clean from drugs, I would have never believed you. Also, if you told me that one day I would go back to college and be successful, I would have laughed at you and told you that you were crazy. But here I am doing the dang thing!
JuJu Foundation Scholarship
My greatest inspiration in life would be my Dad. He has gone through so much and has never let anything bring him down or stop him from obtaining his goals.
My Dad, well he is my step-dad, has incurable cancer that he was diagnosed with when he was in his 20s. Even though they gave him a death sentence of not living past 2004, he is still alive and healthy to the best of his ability. He continues to push through this cancer and made the most he can of his life. My Dad continues to work out every day for at least 2 hours even though his body is falling him. He continues to push on with his life.
My Dad's drive and willingness have been my main motivator in life. If he can push out and live past his death sentence then no matter what I go through, I can and I will get through. A few years ago I fell into a bad lifestyle and thought that my life was worth ending. I truly believed I had no purpose on this Earth and that everyone would be better off without me. Then my Dad wrote me this poem not knowing that this is how I felt at the current time. The poem was about how I was always daddy's little girl no matter what I do in life. That poem shook me out of the way I was living. I have over 2 years clean from all drugs and mind/mood-altering substances.
If it wasn't for my Dad's constant will to push through life I don't know where I would be. His story has truly been what drives me to strive for everything I want in my life and to believe in myself.