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I so believe in Cerritos College as a college of the community.
And to me that's one of its strong purposes is to enhance lives of community,
to bring the community into the college,
serve the community.
I was so surprised when we were at graduation nobody knew
who was going to receive the scholarship.
And when they called out my name, I was like "Whoa!"
.And a ..so very honored.
It paid for my first quarter at Cal State L.A.
It was a blessing because my parents were wondering
how they were going to pay for it.
And It..it just really helped me out alot.
We've had individual students over the years who
with a very small amount of money, relatively speaking,
they were able to finish that one last class.
Or get the transportation they needed to come from downtown L.A.
There was a kind of hardship in our life.
It was at a time when my husband had just quit his job of eleven years
and decided to try a new career.
So he was out of a job. Which is a scary time. And then,
I was going to school fulltime, we have two children...
and here I receive this award or this scholoarship
so it meant ...It was tremendous.
I had indeed won the scholarship.
And I was so thrilled!
I was happy because you know from an International Student prospective,
you know, you have to pay at least $5,000.
I'm covering tuition, then books and health fees so
any amount of scholarship from the Cerritos College Foundation,
you know, would go to a great degree in reducing the amount of costs
a one has to face.
I think here at the college, we have the same opportunity to really
help students find that dream, build that dream
and accomplish the dream.
It's just a little bit every month.
I love the automatic deduction feature because I'm one of those people who,
if it comes out of my paycheck before I get it, it's easy.
I don't have to think about it.
So I'm helping without having to do any work.
Now I don't have a lot of money but I can put something aside.
What can we do?
I give $50.00.
When I gave the first $5.00, it was,
like I said, almost accidental.
I'm able to do it.
And I think I'm honoring my mother in that case because she say,
"Share what you have, not what you have extra".
The card was in my box at a moment when I was feeling generous.
I enjoyed having the part-time job.
I said $5.00?
Why not?