Adoption Agency | Adoptions From The Heart

Each semester, Adoptions From The Heart awards scholarship money to a couple of incredible birth parents. As the time draws near to announce the winners of the Fall 2021 winner of the Birth Parent Scholarship, let’s look back on the impact of receiving the scholarship through the words of previous winners.

Scholarship Changes Lives

“After the placement of my son, I went from being homeless to working to end homelessness and the trauma that comes with it. I graduated from UC Davis in 2018, and now I work in property management for federally subsidized housing. I also volunteer at a local homeless shelter, whose residents keep me humble and remind me that I do what I do to ensure that I’m not the last success story.”

-Marisa (Fall 2016 Birth Parent Winner)

Alleviating Financial Burden Makes Room for Personal Growth

“Last semester, I attended Utah Valley University to finish my prerequisites for my long dream of becoming a Registered Nurse. I am so excited to start my Nursing Program on August 30th, 2020, at Ameritech College of HealthCare, in Draper, Utah. This scholarship is still something that has helped me in so many more ways than I could have ever imagined. Not only did it help me not scrape by while I was in school last semester. It helped me to know that I’VE GOT THIS. I’m not alone. People do believe in me. I can believe in myself, and I felt heard by others for the first time in a while! Those things right there have changed me. You can change the world if you simply believe in others’ dreams and help them feel heard. That is something I never realized had so much power, just simply feeling heard. Run at your dreams, and everything will fall into place.”

-Amanda (Spring 2020 Birth Parent Winner)

Scholarship Led to Dream Job

“My life has changed in so many positive ways since receiving the Birth Parent Scholarship in 2018. The scholarship allowed me to worry less about how I was planning to pay for school so that I was able to put more focus on my courses and grades. I graduated last year with my MBA (Master’s in Business Administration) and received the President’s Award for a 4.0 GPA. Since graduating, I’ve had the opportunity to work for a couple of non-profit organizations until landing my current position in Northern Kentucky. Through hard work and a TON of persistence, I was hired as the Training Development Coordinator for one of the top commercial aviation companies in the world.”

-Morgan (Spring 2017 Birth Parent Winner)

Advice to Other Birth Parents

“I would love to encourage other birth mothers to keep hustling, day by day – you will surprise yourself with how much you can grow and adapt in such a small amount of time. I still have my days, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. Being a birth mother is being a part of a very special sisterhood, and it’s a title we should wear proudly. Not to mention, we are the queens of transition, and so whatever the rest of 2020 has in store, I say bring it; we are ready!”