I was in my second freshman year of high school, planning to eventually drop out. During my first interview for [Boys Hope] Girls Hope, I remember telling [the program director] that what I really needed was someone who cared about me enough to push me. She must have seen something in me that day, because shortly after, I became a Girls Hope scholar.
Prior to entering Boys Hope Girls Hope’s long-term scholarship program, Tammy was living in an unstable household where education was not a priority. Instead of being urged to focus on her studies and do well in school, she was encouraged to drop out and start working. When her mother became homeless, she began to consider legal emancipation. Then she found Boys Hope Girls Hope.