Emmanuel

The Kids Chance of California scholarship will help me immensely in my graduate studies. Ever since graduating in Spring 2024, I’ve known I’ve wanted to pursue a graduate degree. I just wasn’t sure which one to pursue. My plan was to go directly after undergrad to complete it, but I was so caught up in my uncertainty of what to major in and how to pay for it, that it made me not commit to any school or end up going. I found out grad school isn’t at all like undergraduate studies. There is very limited financial aid for students. My FAFSA is just composed of the possibility of taking loans. In this year of finding what I wanted to pursue, I knew I wanted to diversify myself and do something different, but at the same time, something that would integrate my Film B.A into it. I want to be a film producer one day, and I found Legal Studies to be the degree I can pursue. Legal studies will help me be more prepared as a producer to understand rules, regulations, and operations.

Kids Chance of California assisted me in my undergraduate studies. It was fundamental to my education and mental health. The scholarship helped me not worry so much about how I was going to pay for college, as every other college student does. I am excited to start this new chapter in my life, and with Kids Chance once again supporting me, I feel I can accomplish my aspirations and goals in my adult life.

University of the Pacific – Graduate Student, Legal Studies