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Help me finish my senior year

Hello, my name is Taina Dias and I am from Brazil. I am an international student at Northwest Missouri State university. I always had a dream to study in the United States,  and my family worked very hard to support me. Since I arrived I have earned good grades to keep my international scholarship, I also work on campus as being the only legal way for me to work as being an international student. 

As my dad not being present in my life, my mother and stepfather have always been my number one supporters. Unfortunately, they are not able to pay for my studies anymore. All started with my mom, finding out she had a Tumor, Which fortunately is Benign, not too long after my stepfather started having a lot of problems with his diabetes. On January 21st I  found out, because of his major complication with his diabetes he might have to amputate his legs.

On top of all those medical expenses, Brazil’s economy is not doing  well and unemployment rate is really high( (12.3%) and the value of our currency against the dollar is very low. Because of this, my mother and my stepfather have had to sell their business for lack of customers, resulting in a loss of their main income.

I'm trying to find a way to finish paying for college on my own. My mother and I have prayed about this many times and I have been overwhelmed with the support I've already had but I need a little bit more. I had some issues with anxiety last spring so one of my teachers offered to let me live with them so I wouldn't have to pay for rent and stuff like that.

I work on campus job but because I'm not allowed to work a job "off" campus I'm not able to earn near enough to cover my tuition and fees. Since international students don't qualify for any kind of financial aid I don't have many options. I only have 30 hours (10 classes) left to get my business degree and I need to find a way to pay for it myself. I am a very positive person but the uncertainty of all of this is making me very anxious. I promise I will continue to work hard to earn my degree and make anybody that helps me pay for my tuition and fees proud. Each credit hour of tuition and fees is $475 so I need $14,250 to finish.  

Its amazing to live in a country that is so generous. I really appreciate, everyone that took their time to read a little bit about my story.

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Taina Dias
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Maryville, MO

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