![]() This led to her dropping out but determined to work on herself, pay the money back and go back to school the following year. However, the program backed out and Malerie ended up owing $8,000. Prior to getting pregnant, she had been a college student at the University of Houston on a supplemental scholarship. Her determination, strength and grace while facing all of these challenges are just a part of the reason that we think she’s a supermom! When she became pregnant, unfortunately Malerie received no real support from close relatives and had to go this journey alone. That is why we believe that Malerie Quintero is a clear winner of the Little Bundle Supermom Scholarship!Īs a single mother at 21 years old, Malerie made several tough and even heartbreaking decisions to ensure the safety, health, and well-being of her son Santiago. We’re looking for applicants with tremendous passion and drive for big dreams, where winning the scholarship would bring them meaningfully closer to achieving their goals.īeing a single mother is often about sacrifice for the best care and experiences for your child. Applications will be reviewed with impact in mind. To apply, please use one of the below buttons depending on whether you're in high school or in college. Where do you see yourself in the future? What is your dream career? What are you doing right now to get there? How would winning the scholarship help you achieve your goals? If you're the child or loved one of a single mother, how has this changed your life? What is your relationship to them? How does having a single mother or being close to a single mother affect your day-to-day and the way you think about your future? If you're a single mother in school, how do you juggle caring for your little one with pursuing a degree and everything else you do? How do you make ends meet financially? Have you thought about dropping out? What keeps you motivated to complete your degree? What do you find most challenging about the experience? What do you find most rewarding about the experience? What are your favorite moments with your little one? For this scholarship application, we want to hear how you make it work. When you're a single mother, you often do things a little differently as you support yourself, your child, and your loved ones. Not a mother right now? No problem-we make it easy for you to defer your year of free formula until you're ready, or to donate it to a friend or loved on who is ready now. We’re giving scholarship winners $2,000 (for college winners) or $1,000 (for high school winner) to cover their costs as they pursue their degrees, as well as a year of free high-quality, organic baby formula from Little Bundle. With this program, our mission is to make things a little easier for single mothers and their loved ones. That’s why we’ve created The Little Bundle Supermom Scholarship. At Little Bundle, we believe that’s a cause-and opportunity-worth focusing on. The potential for long-term improvement in quality of life is enormous. Getting a degree is incredibly high-leverage for single mothers-and for those around them. They earn 62% more, translating to nearly $300k in additional income over the course of their career, on average. However, single mothers who attain their Bachelor’s degree are 3 times more likely to live above the poverty level. They will also graduate with an average of nearly $30,000 in student debt, almost $5,000 more debt, on average, than their peers. Of those single mothers in university, only 8% will complete their degrees-making them 6 times less likely to graduate than their peers. ![]() Put simply, the Little Bundle Supermom Scholarship is a student scholarship designed to support single mothers and those who support them and benefit from their love.Īccording to the Institute for Women’s Policy research, more than 11% of undergraduate students in the US are single mothers-that’s more than 2.1 million students. For the Little Bundle Supermom Scholarship, we focus on supporting single moms, children of single moms, or people whose lives have been impacted in positive ways by single moms. For the single mothers amongst us, it’s that much harder to make everything work as you get your little one off to the best start possible. With a million things on your to-do list, it’s hard to find time for yourself. ![]() Scholarship awards available for both College and High School StudentsĪt Little Bundle, we know that being a new mother isn’t a walk in the park.
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