I have recently graduated this fall from the University of Montana with a Bachelor's in History. The college adventure was truly amazing and I already miss it. And thanks to Angel Fund Scholarships I was able to accomplish my college career. Assistance is always helpful in this day of ours. And I thank you dearly for your help.

As of now, I am working for Montana Wilderness Association and the Montana Outdoor Heritage Project canvassing on campus in support of Montana's great outdoors and increasing voter turnout. Simultaneously, I am interning for Forward Montana, which is a non-profit group that defends voter rights, fights for equality, among a list of other things. You can check out the organization at forwardmontana.org.

This summer, I am excited to announce that I am once again hired by the Bureau of Land Management as a Wilderness Ranger. I will be conducting Wilderness studies and analyzing land parcels to determine if they have Wilderness characteristics.

In 2010 I was fortunate to receive a scholarship from The Angel Fund to help with my college expenses at MSU in Bozeman. I would have to say the biggest difference the scholarship made for me that year was in helping delay the necessity of my getting a job as a freshman Presidential Scholar in the Honors College taking 17 and 18 credits. The scholarship enabled me to focus on my studies, to be involved in service work, and to get used to the responsibilities of living on my own. While I started working later during school, that first year was crucial in learning study habits and adjusting to the demands of trying to maintain a 4.0 GPA while involved in other activities like Engineers Without Borders and Amnesty International. I will be graduating summa cum laude in May and was recently selected as one of forty MSU seniors to receive the Award For Excellence for those with an exemplary record of campus and community activities, involvement, and service. I am majoring in Liberal Studies with a minor in Art History and will be attending a graduate program in the future, hopefully in London or Paris, to study the business of art. My goal is to eventually own a contemporary art gallery. I would like to thank The Angel Fund, and Marcia Wall in particular, for the generous contribution you made to my education. The responsibility that comes with knowing others have invested in your future is not taken lightly.

The photo I have attached was taken during the month I spent in Kenya with MSU's Engineers Without Borders helping with water projects.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Angel Fund one last time for the scholarship help you provided me during my college studies. I recently graduated summa cum laude from the Honors College at MSU and was named an outstanding senior in the Liberal Studies Department. I was also recognized this spring with an Award of Excellence, given to the top 1% of seniors at MSU. I tell you this not to brag, but to let you know that your financial help has allowed me the opportunity to excel at my academic studies, as well as to be involved in campus and community volunteer activities. I graduated with a major in Liberal Studies and a minor in Art History and am currently working at a gallery in Bozeman. I am making plans for graduate studies in another year and am working to save towards that goal. Thank you again for your support, your encouragement, and for believing in me.

I'm in my final semester at the University of Montana and plan on graduating with a degree in biochemistry and microbiology. My school end goal has shifted slightly. I'm not pursuing medical school at this time, but I've applied to multiple graduate schools in programs such as biochemistry, molecular medicine, and biomedical engineering. I recently came home from an interview for the PEMM program at Dartmouth in New Hampshire which was a ton of fun! … I've recently had my abstract accepted by the national conference for undergraduate research which is hosted in Bozeman this year... I'll be presenting it some time between March 26-28.

I just passed my qualifying exams and working in a research lab with proteins and cancer research at Dartmouth. Only 3 years left before I become Dr. Pepper!

What a blessing it is to not have any student loans! I am so grateful to Angel Fund for helping me get through Helena College with my Associate of Arts degree.

During my second year at Helena College, I got connected with a wonderful community called Helena Chi Alpha Campus Ministries. It was there that I was able to grow in my relationship with Christ and make many lifelong friends.

In March of 2022, I got the opportunity to go on a week-long spring break mission trip to Seattle with a group of students and staff in Helena Chi Alpha. There, we worked with Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission, a nonprofit organization that works primarily with those experiencing homelessness in the Seattle area. During that time, I realized the amazing impact that nonprofits can have on a community. I decided that I was going to work for a nonprofit in my own community after I graduated.

After graduating from Helena College in May of 2022 (with no student loans, of course), I applied for a position at Florence Crittenton Family Services as their Community Relations Coordinator. I was thrilled to find out that I got the job! I am so honored to serve such a vulnerable group in our community through Florence Crittenton. I would not be where I am today in my career if it wasn’t for the scholarship that I received from the Angel Fund to attend Helena College.