ESSAY 1: (300 words or less) If selected for this scholarship, how will you use your education/career to enhance the lives of residents in
Yakima County?
Dear Scholarship Committee:
My name is Abbie and I am a recovering alcoholic. I have Major Depressive and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders. I owe my sobriety to several Yakima County agencies. I am on the road to recovery, intent on serving the community that saved my life.
I spent nearly four months living at Pathways Adult Residential Treatment Facility here in Yakima. Upon graduating in September, I was accepted to the Supported Living Program with Comprehensive Mental Health Agency. At Comprehensive I graduated Intensive Outpatient Treatment and am now receiving one-on-one counseling in hopes to move forward from the unfortunate experience of a being raped when I was 17 years old.
For eleven years following my first attempt at college, I worked in Sales and tried to hold it together. In 2009, after a divorce and significant loss of a childhood friend, symptoms of my Post Traumatic Stress syndrome surfaced. My drinking became my way to deal with the world and within a year my life had become unmanageable. With the love and support of my parents, who are retired residents of Selah, I came home to attempt to change the course my life was on. I am proud to say that I have succeeded.
I am currently a student at Yakima Valley Community College working to obtain my Associates Degree in Chemical Dependency Studies. Upon completion of this degree I will be working toward my Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences from Central Washington Universities at YVCC. After that, it is onto a Masters in Social Work, through Eastern Washington University also offered at the YVCC campus. My goal is to give back to the community that saved my life by working with individuals suffering from dual diagnoses Ideally, I will return to Pathways one day as a Counselor.
Abbie Dietz
Yakima County?
Dear Scholarship Committee:
My name is Abbie and I am a recovering alcoholic. I have Major Depressive and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders. I owe my sobriety to several Yakima County agencies. I am on the road to recovery, intent on serving the community that saved my life.
I spent nearly four months living at Pathways Adult Residential Treatment Facility here in Yakima. Upon graduating in September, I was accepted to the Supported Living Program with Comprehensive Mental Health Agency. At Comprehensive I graduated Intensive Outpatient Treatment and am now receiving one-on-one counseling in hopes to move forward from the unfortunate experience of a being raped when I was 17 years old.
For eleven years following my first attempt at college, I worked in Sales and tried to hold it together. In 2009, after a divorce and significant loss of a childhood friend, symptoms of my Post Traumatic Stress syndrome surfaced. My drinking became my way to deal with the world and within a year my life had become unmanageable. With the love and support of my parents, who are retired residents of Selah, I came home to attempt to change the course my life was on. I am proud to say that I have succeeded.
I am currently a student at Yakima Valley Community College working to obtain my Associates Degree in Chemical Dependency Studies. Upon completion of this degree I will be working toward my Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences from Central Washington Universities at YVCC. After that, it is onto a Masters in Social Work, through Eastern Washington University also offered at the YVCC campus. My goal is to give back to the community that saved my life by working with individuals suffering from dual diagnoses Ideally, I will return to Pathways one day as a Counselor.
Abbie Dietz