Tell us a little bit about yourself and your plans for college.

My family is very involved in the healthcare field. My mom has been a nurse at Thedacare Wild Rose for almost 18 years now. My grandma works weekends at Thedacare Wild Rose. Both of my aunts became nurses and started out in Wild Rose and then later moved to work in New London and Neenah. Ever since I was little I knew that the medical field is where I wanted to end up but I always knew that nursing was not the field I wanted to go into. I discovered sonography a few years ago and since that day I knew that is the career that I wanted. I knew that I wanted to become a sonographer and then specialize in fetal ultrasounds. This however was not the only thing, I also wanted to be able to do ultrasounds on the heart which is a different program than general ultrasound. I have made the decision that I will be studying both and in the future finding a career where I can use both of my skills. I will be able to help people just like all of the others in my family but in my own way. I want to make my patients comfortable even when they are going through very hard situations.Any scholarship would help me tremendously. I have made the decision to achieve my goals of receiving a dual degree. I am not only going to study general sonography but also echocardiography. This will make it so that I am able to perform ultrasounds on babies and also on hearts. This also means that I am going to have double the college tuition since I am going to be going through two programs. This scholarship would help me make sure that I am able to afford my dreams and help the people of the future. I have been working since I turned 16 and I have been saving ever since. Since I will be attending a technical school I will also need to pay for an apartment and all of the expenses that go with that. If I was able to receive this scholarship that would less money I would have to take out with a student loan. I am trying to set myself up for the best financial situation possible.

Bryn from Wisconsin
High School Senior
Wautoma High School