Dear Student Financial Aid Office:
I, Kattie Garza am writing an appeal letter to you in hopes that I may again be eligible for Student Financial Aid. My financial aid was not approved for 2009-2010 because I was working at Walmart in the year 2008 and made around $14,000 for that year. I was also unqualified for the year 2010-2011 because I worked for two months during 2009. Unfortunately my income has dramatically decreased since those times.
During 2008, due to financial difficulties in paying my rent I moved from Irving, TX to Pasadena, TX to live with my mother who was financial stable as an oil rig carpenter. I transferred my job over to a Walmart in Pasadena and worked there until December 23, 2008. My mother was making decent money and convinced me to quit my job and fully commit myself to school. I took her advice and gave my two weeks notice.
In late November, 2008 a fatal accident occurred where my mother worked. During the investigation employees were not allowed inside the oil rig to work. We were not expecting the search to last two months, in that time we fell behind our rent by one month. Our land lord pressured us to move out so we were forced to move back to our home town in Mission, Tx where family members could provide us with a place to stay. I was forced to leave school and had to follow my mother since I had no income of my own and nowhere else to go. My mother was never able to go back to Pasadena for work due to family responsibilities and lack of money to move again, even though her job remained open to her. She found work as a house maid for three months and I found work in October, 2009 as a Toys"R"Us employee. However this was temporary work for both of us. In late December we were both laid off and we received unemployment pay benefits afterwords. With my unemployment money I was able to pay for school during the spring 2010 semester. My money has dried up now, and I still have not found work. As a result I am not able to pay for my next classes.
For these reasons I am asking for your help to pay for my education so that I may complete my associates degree and to ultimately get our family out of our financial struggles. My grades have been excellent and I was nominated for secretary in our school CAD Club. I have completed one extra project by choice and I go to school one extra day a week for 3 hours. At this time I am working on a project for extra credit. I love school and I am very dedicated to my education. If financial aid can pay for my 2009-2010 and/or 2010-2011 classes I will complete my associates degree in less than one year. Getting help from financial aid will make the ultimate difference between graduating or failing. Please reconsider my application for Student Financial Aid for the years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 and allow me the chance I need to succeed early in my life.
Thank you.
Kattie A. Garza
I, Kattie Garza am writing an appeal letter to you in hopes that I may again be eligible for Student Financial Aid. My financial aid was not approved for 2009-2010 because I was working at Walmart in the year 2008 and made around $14,000 for that year. I was also unqualified for the year 2010-2011 because I worked for two months during 2009. Unfortunately my income has dramatically decreased since those times.
During 2008, due to financial difficulties in paying my rent I moved from Irving, TX to Pasadena, TX to live with my mother who was financial stable as an oil rig carpenter. I transferred my job over to a Walmart in Pasadena and worked there until December 23, 2008. My mother was making decent money and convinced me to quit my job and fully commit myself to school. I took her advice and gave my two weeks notice.
In late November, 2008 a fatal accident occurred where my mother worked. During the investigation employees were not allowed inside the oil rig to work. We were not expecting the search to last two months, in that time we fell behind our rent by one month. Our land lord pressured us to move out so we were forced to move back to our home town in Mission, Tx where family members could provide us with a place to stay. I was forced to leave school and had to follow my mother since I had no income of my own and nowhere else to go. My mother was never able to go back to Pasadena for work due to family responsibilities and lack of money to move again, even though her job remained open to her. She found work as a house maid for three months and I found work in October, 2009 as a Toys"R"Us employee. However this was temporary work for both of us. In late December we were both laid off and we received unemployment pay benefits afterwords. With my unemployment money I was able to pay for school during the spring 2010 semester. My money has dried up now, and I still have not found work. As a result I am not able to pay for my next classes.
For these reasons I am asking for your help to pay for my education so that I may complete my associates degree and to ultimately get our family out of our financial struggles. My grades have been excellent and I was nominated for secretary in our school CAD Club. I have completed one extra project by choice and I go to school one extra day a week for 3 hours. At this time I am working on a project for extra credit. I love school and I am very dedicated to my education. If financial aid can pay for my 2009-2010 and/or 2010-2011 classes I will complete my associates degree in less than one year. Getting help from financial aid will make the ultimate difference between graduating or failing. Please reconsider my application for Student Financial Aid for the years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 and allow me the chance I need to succeed early in my life.
Thank you.
Kattie A. Garza