Urban Word Full Scholarship to St. John's University

This is a picture of one of Upper Room Christian School's seniors Ramya Ramana at Madison Square Garden in NYC. She won a full four year scholarship to St. John's University! This is what she had to say about it.

"This was a picture of last night in the suitebox for the scholarship from Urban Word. I'm posting this because this is something that was considered possible only in my dreams. I've been through 6 different schools/education programs in the past 4 1/2 years. I have been told many times, not only
by peers but teachers, principals, and other authority figures that I would not graduate on time and that  I was not stable enough to go to 'regular' school. I've also been told by "Christian" schools that I was not allowed to attend their school because of my mental/emotional disability, or because I was not "stable enough for their school".

There are countless amount of people and blocks I've had to face and at one point I was even considering dropping out of high school. I do not say this for sympathy, in fact, this is really hard for me to share since I've become very private about my personal life but I feel that there are people who still feel trapped and isolated within this false notion of not being able to achieve or excel  in the future or not being able to grow as a person. This is to show that if God did this for me, He can do it for anybody.

Growth and change is never easy, but the victory is always worth it all. I want to thank the people who loved me unconditionally and allowed me to grow as a person and have taught me humility and loving kindness. It is because of you guys that I truly believe God's love can change the world. I want to thank Erica Fabri and Urban Word, without you this would still be a dream and nothing else, and everybody at UDUB showed me what family means and I could never thank anybody enough for that. Thank God, for believing in me, for using a broken person like me and carving blessings into my life. He is forever good and trust in Him because there are plenty of  times where I felt alone and wanted to give up, but He never gave up on me. And to all the people and authorities who looked down on me or who judged me, thank you, for teaching me to strive harder and motivating me to dream bigger. #Blessed"

To God be the glory!

Pastor Ed