Esther Funds Foundation helps students stay in school

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – Changing the world one college student at a time – that’s the goal of the Esther Funds Foundation.

The Christian nonprofit is dedicated to supporting and helping college students stay in school by providing emergency aid and financial assistance to students in need.

Esther Funds Foundation was founded by Shayna Vincent in early 2023 and has already helped hundreds of students deal with economic hardships and mental health issues to help them stay in school. These are challenges Shayna says she knows well.

“As a college student myself, I dropped out several times for mental health and financial reasons,” he said.

Based on her strong faith and standing on a solid foundation of hard work and determination, Shayna was able to return to school and earn her Associate’s degree in 2023. Now, as a fourth-year student at FAMU, he says he’s become aware of his own struggles. my student friends. Students love Samara Taplin.

Samara connected with Esther Funds Foundation through Instagram in 2023. He says he was dealing with the ups and downs of life as a first-generation college student when the tragedy occurred.

“My sister passed away in January and the support Esther Funds Foundation gave me was the best,” she said.

Inspired by the biblical figure Esther, known for her courage, faith and determination to create positive change, Shayna said she found what she was looking for. She named her nonprofit Esther Funds Foundation and got to work. My Lord’s work.

“Esther was a woman who walked with God in the Bible, and that is my inspiration. I aspire to do the same. I desire to walk with God and give back to these students as he did. “He saw a need in his community and went after it,” he said.

Esther Funds Foundation has grown rapidly in one year. There are now three university chapters, one at Florida State College Jacksonville, one at FAMU, and a Tallahassee chapter that works with FSU and TSC students. The organization organizes fundraisers and hosts workshops and fundraising events to provide supplies and scholarships to students in need. Shayna said they held their first Back to School Bash on September 7th.

“We were able to distribute thousands of school supplies, clothes and food. “We had different organizations from different campuses come and distribute resources on physical and mental health,” he said.

Shayna’s struggle had now turned into a calling much bigger than herself.

“We envision a world where minority students are over 40 percent represented in the workforce and increase the graduation rate in the southeast by over 50 percent,” he said.

Like Esther, Shayna Vincent uses her position to advocate for people. Empowering and supporting students at a crossroads to overcome obstacles, stay in school, and reach their full potential.

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