Going for My Dreams

Hello, my name is Sara and to be honest, this could be kind of rocky because I find it really hard to talk about myself.

I’m starting this campaign because I have a goal, a dream if you can think of it that way, and that is to go to college. And surprisingly, this is kind of a new dream. When I was younger, I never really gave a thought to college but mostly because I didn’t know what my passion was. Actually, I didn’t recognize it as my passion until two years ago.

I was born in Venezuela but I moved to San Diego, California when I was 9 and it took me about a year to get comfortable with English and probably the same amount of time to fall in love with it. I honestly think I wouldn’t have become such an avid reader if I had never learned English. And because of my love of reading, and books and talking about books, I made it my mission to get into college for a degree in English.

And I did it!

I am so happy and blessed to have been admitted to Simon Fraser University in Canada for a Bachelor’s degree in their Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. I feel like it is the right place for me.  I fell in love with the programs they have and with how well I’ve been treated by everyone on the staff.

I pursued universities in Canada because English isn’t something that I can pursue in Venezuela where I’m currently living, since English is not the main language. But what really pulled me into that school was the minor in Publishing. That’s the kind of direction I want to go in my career. I currently have a blog where I review books, ones that I have read and others I get sent free online copies from publishers, and I want to expand that and be able to work closely with a publishing company, in any capacity really. (freadomlibrary.wordpress.com )

To be able to accomplish my goals and dreams, I need financial help.

I had a college fund that my mom had set up for me but because of an accident my mom had, we had to begin using that money to cover living and other expenses. She worked at a Special Education school and one of the more aggressive students pushed her against concrete blacktop and she received a skull fracture and a concussion because of it. That affected her short term memory as well as verbal understanding skills. Because of her injuries and the affects they had, she couldn’t find jobs that paid well enough for her to provide for my brother and I. By 2012, it got to a very dire point so we moved back to Venezuela to help her continue to recover as well as to try to cut back the amount of the funds we were using.

We’ve been here three years and I was able to finish my equivalency and graduate from high school. But my country isn’t doing well. Our economy is in shambles because of a lot of different reasons and unfortunately, they have stopped giving students financial aid to study abroad. I’ve been searching for scholarships and other forms of help but I’m still a little lost on where to look.

So I got some advice from an advisor and he suggested this page. I hope to be able to have the money to start this Fall 2016 Term and I’m really appreciate of anyone who gives from their hearts to help my accomplish my dreams.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read and donate, and have a great day!