Meet Earlysha.
In High School, Earlysha was an honor roll student, class treasurer, and in the Mayor’s Top 50 program for young bright minds. She also interned with the YMCA and a local staffing company. She was driven by her family from a very young age, being the first one in her family to graduate high school and go to college. She had the drive to push herself further than she thought was possible. During this time, she had a lot of personal hardships and received a lot of help from those she interned with. She ended up struggling in college to make ends meet without financial aid, which forced her to also work full time. A few years into school she became pregnant and dropped out of school officially.
In 2014, she had her first child all while working full time in various factory positions. With a desire to do more, she attended the West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology where she graduated with a degree in Medical Coding. She said, “Every decision that you make has a reaction to it. When you have kids or when you know you want to do more… put yourself on that right path to be where you want to be. If you don’t do it for you, no one else will.” She has a drive to go further, find her purpose in life, and make the best life possible for her children. She said, “When life happens, it can actually beat you up. Some times when you feel overwhelmed, your life looks overwhelmed. So now I’m finding things that make me happy and working on not stressing on things I can’t change right now.” Earlysha wants to encourage people who may feel alone to take advantage of resources made available to them. She also wanted to encourage people to write out a plan for their life. She said “Write it out, if you don’t dream it, you’re not going to see it.”