2019 Jared Monroe Scholarship Winners

Jessica R.

2019 Scholarship recipient Jessica Rodriguez, age 34, is a survivor of foster care and recovered from a drug addiction. She was formally diagnosed with Bipolar at the age of 29.  She is a Public Speaker, Life Coach, and mother in Houston, Texas.  She is currently finishing her BA in Psychology and entering a Master program at St. Thomas University in fall for Mental Health Counseling. She believes that there’s a light in all of us and we decide our future despite not choosing our past. Live, life, learn and love.

Chloe W.

Chloe Weigel is a sophomore at Arizona State University studying Family and Human Development as well as a member of Chi Omega a women’s sorority.  She is from Tucson, Arizona. Her mother has Bipolar Disorder 2 getting severe depression and mild mania. At 16, she began noticing changes in herself as well and was eventually diagnosed with depression.   She is planning on becoming a child life specialist or hospital social worker.   Chloe reports even with facing depression, the biggest joy in her life is helping others face their battles.