I have learned that students are missing opportunities to build their futures because they are not aware of their existence.
A Humanitarian Effort has been organized to let students know that programs, tools and resources are available to help them build their careers and their communities.
There are no products to purchase, services to subscribe to or profiles to create.
Students do not even need to share an email address to get started.
A Humanitarian Effort: Free Tools To Assist Students has been written to assist students with building their skills, finding degree programs and learning of financial aid resources to help with the costs of completing their education.
The research report, available on the Home page, has been written to serve as a reference that students cannot only use as a guide throughout their journeys but as part of their own humanitarian efforts to improve their neighborhoods.
With each student having their own life circumstances, resources available to them and definition of a successful future, the research report has been organized to sit with each individual to ask where they are interested in going and sharing information that can help them accomplish their goals.
The first goal is to place the tools of this research report on the bulletin board of each classroom to assist Educators with helping their students find opportunities to apply the skills that they have developed to their career paths of interest.
The second goal is to build a research fund to continue to build free tools so that even today’s preschoolers will have access to information by the time they begin their High School journeys.
The third goal is to use this platform to earn admission to a Doctorate program to continue my research of how we can improve the neighborhoods of the nation.
In the spring of 2008, during my junior year of high school, I was in line to pay for my Advanced Placement exam fees when I learned that some of my classmates would not be taking their tests because they could not afford them.
The opportunity to improve their academic transcript, earn college credits and save thousands in tuition dollars, gone, because of a $100 fee.
That summer I studied the AP Curriculum and when my senior year began, I started a club, Dollars For Students, to raise funds for AP Exams, SATs and college application fees.
While I was unable to get it off the ground, it put me on the path of researching resources to assist students.
From 2009 to 2017 I wrote letters to organizations to ask for financial support to test my thesis and demonstrate how funding AP exams could not only help students earn admission to degree programs but also help them begin their major courses sooner as they would have General Education classes waived through their earned credits.
No, no, no.
Feeling defeated, I reached out to college professors to share my research, ask for guidance and discuss how I could fundraise.
One professor responded and advised me to assist all students, not just those in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs.
From 2017 to 2020 I learned that a number of career fields were facing significant staff shortages due to a low number of qualified applicants while students were taking significantly different life paths all because they were not aware that opportunities existed.
From 2020 to 2025 I began noting available programs, tools and resources. From college programs to how students could build their application portfolios to earning financial aid. Rather than simply list information, I organized the research report to break each point down, serving as a guide so no student would feel overwhelmed or intimidated, causing them to miss out on a chance to build the foundation for their future.
For the 2026-2027 academic year, I am reaching out to the classrooms of the nation to share the research report so when each incoming class begins their year, Educators can share available tools to help them get started on their path of building their careers and their communities.
A Humanitarian Effort