Another year, another scholarship contest closed! As always, we had some amazing entries for this year’s Customized Girl Scholarship. Our Statement Maker contest is centered around those who are looking to make a difference by sharing a powerful message with the rest of the world. Our job is to help bring that message to life by spreading it around. For the past 6 years, the Customized Girl Statement Maker Scholarship has helped students achieve their academic goals. Each candidate that was selected provided a bold and impactful statment that we knew the rest of the world needed to hear. We are so very excited and extremely honored to share with you the 5 amazing winners of 2018. We asked each of them these 3 questions:
1.) Describe yourself in three words?
2.) What is your ideal career path?
3.) Why is this statement important to you?
Tabitha Hunt
Statement: Success is to live life surrounded by your passions
1.) The three words that best describe me are determined, conscientious and empathetic.
2.) My ideal career path is to become an Elementary School Teacher. I’m currently working toward my AA transfer to a bachelors degree program in Elementary Education at Washington State University 2020.
3.) Success is to live life surrounded by your passions. This statement embodies how I strive to live my life surrounding myself with people and the things I love. Particularly after completing my bachelors degree, I will have the ability to work in an atmosphere where I can fully embrace my passions and enjoy the essence of living a successful life!
Amber Rivera
Statement: Trust your fear enough to let it push you to be your best self
1.) Amiable, Strongwilled, Sensible
2.) My ideal career is a sustainable consultant because it aligns my interest in business and my passion for taking care of the environment. I wanted to make a difference in the world around me, and I debated different careers that allowed me to accomplish that. I thought about politics, law, and medicine; then I realized that I spend a great deal of time reading about environmental issues and I was most interested in my business class. I think that the business world wants to be more sustainable moving forward and helping to achieve that ideal of sustainable business is an ideal career for me.
2.) My ideal career is a sustainable consultant because it aligns my interest in business and my passion for taking care of the environment. I wanted to make a difference in the world around me, and I debated different careers that allowed me to accomplish that. I thought about politics, law, and medicine; then I realized that I spend a great deal of time reading about environmental issues and I was most interested in my business class. I think that the business world wants to be more sustainable moving forward and helping to achieve that ideal of sustainable business is an ideal career for me.
Sally Lott
Statement: Be the change you want -for the future that we need.
1. Driven, confident, and kind.
2. I haven’t totally decided- but I either want to go into law, or into government and public administration.
3. I chose this statement because I am a firm believer that you have to be the change that you want to see. I feel that currently we are all more divided than ever; but I think that (the young people especially) are also more driven than ever! And I really do believe that we will be able to create the future that we want and need.
Rebekah Nelson
Statement: Do what you love and let it consume you
1. Creative, Compassionate, Hardworking
2. My ideal career path is not clear to me right now, but am entering college in the fall of 2019 and will soon figure it all out. Being the creative and hardworking person I am, I do know however that I want to utilize my art and organization skills in some way to benefit and bring joy to others. I’ve always loved art as a child and was surrounded by many family members who loved it as well. So, it only makes sense to follow my heart and continue on the family tradition that is rooted deep in my bones.
3. I instantly fell in love with this statement when I read it, choosing to make it my mantra. In society, following our passions is usually considered something positive and highly encouraged right until the moment it involves being an artist. I made this my mantra to remind me daily that my passions are my passions for a reason, and I should never apologize or stray from them just to satisfy others.
Celeste Paglialunga
Statement: Kindness is the greatest superpower
1. I would say I am kind, open-minded, and hard-working.
2. My ideal career path is to get my Bachelors and Masters in Nursing and to work in a big hospital.
3. This statement is important to me because being kind can make anyone’s day, and being kind brings people together.
We can’t thank you enough for sharing your inspirational statements with us and the world! We hope that this has motivated more young adults out there to become Statment Makers. We also wanted to give a big thanks to everyone who submitted a statement for the scholarship contest this year. Keep being awesome and we hope to see you next year (unless you graduated, in which case…congratulations!) We love hearing the statements and messages that you all think are important, so keep sharing in the comments below.
For 2019, we are going to change things up a bit. Two winners. $500 each. We’re asking you to post your “statement for the world” on Instagram. We can’t wait to see what’s in store! Until next year, Statement Makers!
