
Age
17
Gender
Female
Ethnicity
Black/African
Hobbies and interests
Dance
Reading
Historical
I read books multiple times per month
US CITIZENSHIP
US Citizen
Kenneydi Woodberry
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Finalist
Kenneydi Woodberry
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FinalistBio
Hello. My name is Kenneydi Woodberry and I am a 17-year-old from Florence, South Carolina. I graduated a year early from high school and will be attending Johnson Smith University to pursue a career and social work. I am very passionate about helping my community and serving others in which I plan to become a medical social worker in my future. Any scholarships I win will go towards paying for my bachelors degree and in the near future paying for a masters of social work. I love helping my community as I have volunteered over 70+ hours in the past year. I hope you will consider me as a A good investment as I am very dedicated to doing my best in school and improving the lives of many others during my lifetime.
Education
Johnson C Smith University
Bachelor's degree programMajors:
- Social Work
GPA:
3.4
West Florence High
High SchoolGPA:
3.6
Miscellaneous
Desired degree level:
Bachelor's degree program
Graduate schools of interest:
Transfer schools of interest:
Majors of interest:
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
Career
Dream career field:
Real Estate
Dream career goals:
Medical Social Work
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Darden2023 – Present2 years
Public services
Volunteering
Mcleod health — team member2023 – 2023
Kerry Kennedy Life Is Good Scholarship
I believe it is my purpose to spread love and support to others. Ever since I was young, I’ve always had a passion for helping others in anyway way shape or form I can. As I went through high school my friends would go through personal issues and I would offer a listening ear and a support system to them and would feel very fulfilled that I was able to offer my support to help someone else through difficult situations. I can use my qualities to better the world and others lives to the best of my ability.Being able to identify these qualities about myself really led me to deciding on becoming a social worker.
I love how rewarding social work is not only for me but for others and the community. As a social worker I will have the power to positively impact individuals and communities. I can use my career to help one person or many people. I can guide someone through personal issues or even use it to advocate for a change in my community. I can use my career to get to know many groups of diverse people in my community. I can work with older, younger, low income, high income, etc. Each day will bring new challenges and opportunities to learn and grow as a person. I will be able to deeper understand my community and society and advocate for change where needed. Being a social worker allows will allow me to empower others. I will be able to provide others with support and resources that can be life changing for them. As a social workers play a I could crucial role in advocating for social justice and equality. I can work towards creating systemic changes and addressing societal issues such as poverty, discrimination, and inequality. Personally I see myself working as a medical social worker in a children hospital to make sure patients and their families cope with illnesses and the challenges of the medical system. I feel very passionate about social work because of the many ways I can offer my gift to improve the lives of others.
In order to pursue the career that I am so passionate about I’ve had to give a many of my own desires. One of those are choosing a school that is far from my hometown. in order to attend the school with a good social work program I will be going to an entirely new state from which I am not used to. I’ve grown up in Florence SC, which is a small town compared to Charlotte. This means I am going to have to get used to the how the big city works in the lifestyle of the people there. I also have been working all summer and plan to come back to work at least twice a month in order to put some money towards paying back my student loans and paying for the tuition which will be coming up every semester. It also means that I will have to work a bit harder than others to apply for scholarships and make the money to pay to go to school so that I can pursue my career because I know I will be a good asset to the social work field be able to be a part of bettering so many peoples lives.
Overall, I am so passionate and prepared to do whatever it takes so that I can get my degree and social work and eventually get my masters . be as fortunate, but make a change in today’s society.
Ken Larson Memorial Scholarship
I believe it is my purpose to spread love and support to others. Ever since I was young, I’ve always had a passion for helping others in anyway way shape or form I can. As I went through high school and middle school, my friends would go through personal issues and I would offer a listening ear and a support system to them and would feel very fulfilled that I was able to offer something that would help them feel better. I then realized that God put me on earth for that purpose I could use my qualities to better the world and others lives to the best of my ability.Being able to identify this things about myself really led me to deciding on becoming a social worker.
I love how rewarding social work is not only for me but for others and the community. As a social worker I will have the power to positively impact individuals and communities. I can use my career to help one person or many people. I can guide someone through personal issues or even use it to advocate for a change in my community.
I can use my career to get to know many groups of diverse people in my community. I can work with older, younger, low income, high income, etc. Each day will bring new challenges and opportunities to learn and grow as a person. I will be able to deeper understand my community and society and advocate for change where needed. Such as help a family gain government assistance to be able to able to live in today’s inflation or advocate for reconstruction of torn down areas.
Being a social worker allows will allow me to empower others. I will be able to provide others with support and resources that can be life changing for them. An example would be recommending someone who struggles mentally to a therapist.
As a social workers play a I could crucial role in advocating for social justice and equality. I can work towards creating systemic changes and addressing societal issues such as poverty, discrimination, and inequality. Such as veteran benefits for homeless veterans
Lastly, I love how diverse the field is. Personally I see myself working as a medical social worker in a children hospital to make sure patients and their families cope with illnesses and the challenges of the medical system. there are many other ways i can help others with the degree such as become a welfare social workers, substance abuse counselor, case manager, etc
overall, I feel very passionate about social work because of the many ways I can offer my gift to improve the lives of others.