What a wonderful way to start my 2020 year!!!

I was a teen mother at the age of 17... (gave birth 12/13/10)

I graduated high school and went directly into college(5/17/17 college graduation). I worked my ass off and did everything I could to make sure the my daughter had the best life I possibly could give her (i gave birth.. I'm sure some of you have seen my post from a while back of how I felt super proud of the day I graduated college with my BA. During the same time my daughter was graduating kindergarten however my degree was in Family and Child studies and I realized that my calling was truly in education which is what I am currently doing as an assistant right now....

Well I have this amazing opportunity here in New Mexico and they are offering to give me a stipend of a minimum of $15,000 to quit my current job and focus strictly on my teaching licensure. (Which already is more than I make as an assistant)

They will help me with tuition and books and once I complete this year program I will have an automatic position as a teacher!!!! After that I am able to be placed into the master's program of my choice to further my education.. in order for me to be accepted into this program I have to pass three basic essential skill test and today I took my first one

I PASSED!!!!!!!😅

I am I crying tears of joy because I'm so excited... 1 STEP CLOSER!!!

I just wanted to share!!!!

A little in between of what happened between then and now after I graduated I worked at stupid daycares which I will never work at again in my life.

I was a correctional officer at yddc Juvenile Detention Center for boys.

I also attempted to work for CPS.

I then worked at Defined Fitness which is a professional gym, but I worked in the kids club so I could babysit kids while their parents worked out......

After that this is when i started working for our school system APS ( Albuquerque Public Schools) I found my calling for Education because I always wanted to help people make better choices and I realized that it wasn't in Family and Child studies it was during Elementary education where kids make a lot of their choices and I could be a better influence for them this is definitely my calling and I just want you all to know you can do the same thing for yourself it is the most rewarding feeling ever!!!!!!!!!!

Update:

So I'm a little disappointed but I'm not going to give up I did not pass my writing test by one question!!! My essay was phenomenal but one multiple choice question had me fail that part so I have to pay $50 and retake it again!! The math one was a lot harder than I expected I also did not pass that one so once again I have to pay $50 and retake it again

I am not going to give up it's just going to make me work even harder and it's going to make it that much more rewarding once I actually do it but I'm not going to lie it's extremely discouraging I'll keep you updated when I pass them all!!!