[Home-on-the-Range] Thank you NFB KS!

[Roshunda Holt]

Congratulations Ashley!
Roshunda J. Holt
MsShunda Makes... Art
Dress for Success Delegate
Workforce Innovation Center Customer Service Specialist
Vice President of the National Federation of the Blind Wichita Ks Chapter
316-390-8393
316-330-2905
msshnda at gmail.com
Roshunda.Holt at envisionus.com


On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 3:27 PM Dianne Hemphill via Home-on-the-Range <
home-on-the-range at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> …this is absolutely fantastic and well deserved. Dianne
>
> On Apr 24, 2022, at 1:09 PM, Ashley N via Home-on-the-Range <
> home-on-the-range at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I wanted to 1st thank you all for all your help in the matters below as
> without you I wouldn't be able to say any of this.
>
> Thank you to everyone who helped me through the Kansas VR system. My case
> is now officially closed with a pass and I have 2 paid National Science
> Foundation grants I'm working on including one for a multi line Braille
> display with tactile graphics capabilities another on helping students
> learn through making their own podcasts which will be a more inclusive
> learning experience.
>
> Many of you helped me through my issues with University of Northern
> Colorado and I'm happy to announce I got accepted to start my PhD in
> science education at Oregon State this fall. Instead of seeing my blindness
> as a barrier they actually awarded me a prestigious diversity and inclusion
> scholarship that only one student gets per year. They are giving me a
> salary, a full ride scholarship, heath care coverage, and even a moving
> stipend! I have had 3 professors asking me to join their laboratories and
> it's so exciting to have differences celebrated rather than sneered at.
>
> The NFB Linn-Benton chapter has already reached out to me and have been
> lifesavers in finding housing and introducing me to folks via zoom before
> my move.
>
> I know this is long but I had to share a thank you to you all for leading
> me through the dark times of losing vision, VR, and school terror.
>
> You all are the best and I am so happy to share the light at the end of
> the tunnel.
>
> Couldn't have done it without your support,
> Ashley Neybert
>
>
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