Lottie, 21 years old, CA

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Lottie has been couch-surfing with friends, using her time to turn an empty apartment into a space that feels like her own. With a passion for art, she’s filled it with her paintings and has gathered the essentials like canvas, acrylics, and brushes. After earning her GED, she’s now pursuing an Associate’s degree at a local community college, showing her commitment by specifically requesting a scientific calculator. Supported by foster care along the way, she’s building her future one class and one piece of furniture at a time.

Lottie requested one specific item—the TI-30X IIS calculator. This degree of precision often indicates the presence of a syllabus, and a syllabus implies a looming deadline. At AcademySTAY, every resident must be enrolled in college or trade school as part of their living arrangement, and a required calculator serves as a mere twenty-dollar hurdle separating a young adult from the class she has already committed to. It’s the most affordable way to ensure that a determined student remains in the seat she was eager to claim.