How Inspire Has Helped Me...         

My name is Silenna Brown and I am twenty three years old. I graduated from Riverside Community College in 2007. I am presently attending Cal State University of Fullerton. I will graduate with a BA in Human Services next semester. I am more than excited to receive my Bachelor's degree! After I receive my BA degree, I plan to transfer to USC. I am going to double master in Social Work and Law.

            I have to pay homage to Inspire Life Skills. I have been with inspire since 2007. I would have never dreamed that I would have gone this far in my education. Before I joined inspire, I was over my head in debt and struggling to make ends meet. My grades were slowly declining and I was faced with the hard decision of attending school part time. I did not want to slow down in my schooling, but I also had to keep a roof over my head. I was introduced to Kristi through a life coach. I was so grateful to meet Kristi and get accepted into inspire. To put it in simplest form I was presented with an opportunity of a lifetime. Not only has Inspire helped me to pursue an education, the program has helped me grow as a person. I was not the easiest to work with. I had trust issues and firmly believed that I could not depend on anybody but myself. The support and compassion that the inspire staff displayed quickly broke down my many defense mechanisms. The staff's love and support was so strong that it demanded change(especially Ginny). I can say that the program caused me to change for the better.

            There is no way that an individual can be accepted into inspire and not succeed. I was always given support. I can honestly say that if I needed any help it was just a phone call away. I have never encountered such beautiful people in my life. The program pulled out my strengths, helped me develop a clear vision, and geared my mind to think positively. Before I knew it my confidence was through the roof and I no longer doubted myself. It seemed as though I was flying through my academics and now I have developed great social skills. Words cannot express how grateful I am!