Grateful student goes to college – La’Tina Wilkerson

18Dec09

When I first came to EDGE, I didn’t want to go to school, so I didn’t. My P.O. told me I had to go to EDGE or he would put me in jail. Of course, I quickly decided to go to school. When I came in and talked to Ms. Fran, she gave me a second chance. I am so glad she did because after I became focused and clicked into the system, I started doing what I had to do. I begin to love being at EDGE and my attitude started to change. I started appreciating Ms. Fran and how she takes time out of her day to help people like me. If it wasn’t for Ms. Fran or Mr. Singletary, I would be locked up or on the streets in more trouble than I could deal with.

Now I have my GED, I am graduating and I want to go to Saint Augustine College to accomplish my goals to becoming a nurse. EDGE helped me turn my life around and took me to church where I met Prophet Lee. He spoke success into my life and everything he said came true. I treat the staff at EDGE like my family and they treat me the same way. There is no way I could ever show all of my appreciation to Ms. Fran, Ms. Evie and the staff for what they did for me. I am not the same person I was when I started EDGE. I am respectful, I listen and I am serious about my future and only want to do the right thing. Thanks to EDGE for being there for me. I am going to accomplish my goals so they will know that all the work they put into me was appreciated.