Speakers: Karla King
Meet Karla, a scholarship recipient from the Southwire 12 for Life program in Florence, AL.
Hello, everybody. My name is Karla King and I recently graduated from Florence High School. I have been attending Northwest Shoals Community College since the summer of 2024.
I am still working towards my degree to become a registered ultrasound technologist.
The (12 for Life) program has blessed me a lot with knowledge and credentials that I would not have acquired otherwise. I learned how to be punctual to work. I learned how to work with others. I learned financial literacy and I also earned many certifications through the 12 for Life program.
I knew that they offered scholarships, but I never really thought much of it.
The team leads and supervisors were holding meetings saying that I needed to apply. And I waited, I ended up waiting like a week before I applied.
But I remember, I think it was like a week later, Mr. Johnson, he called me to his office and I thought I was in trouble because if you know me, I have a loud laugh. So I thought I might have been in trouble for that or something. But his demeanor was like happy. So I, I really was like, this must be something good and he told me that I won the scholarship and I was just very, very ecstatic for that. I just didn't even think that I would truly win.
I was really worried about being able to pay for college and stuff, but now I'm not really worried at all.
And I wouldn't change the way anything happened for the world.
