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Help Trista grow her business

Posted Jun 22, 2020
In 2018, Trista was laid off from her job with severance pay, and for the first time since she was 14, she had a lot of free time on her hands. With the encouragement of family, Trista began helping local non profits with professional services such as grant writing, and assisting individuals in her community with resume building, flyer creation, website building and so much more. Since then, she has been able to help secure over $150,000 for local programs, and helped create tools that are making positive changes in our neighborhoods. Up until now she has been providing these services as a sole proprietorship and only helping minimally, but she is ready to do more. Trista currently has the opportunity to work with several organizations locally that want to positively impact her community, but in order to responsibly take these projects on, she needs to establish an LLC and have the proper insurance. She also needs to connect with her audience through a professional website, which she can create herself if she can secure the domain and server. However, right now, especially with the loss of business since the COVID-19 shut downs, all of her funds are going towards providing for her family. Granting this wish, will mean Trista will be able to secure her LLC, obtain the proper insurance and establish a website that will allow her to grow her business and provide for her family while making a positive impact on the world around her.

Trista is 40 years old and lives in NV

Trista is a dedicated mother and fierce advocate for her community. She bounced around between friends and family members most of her life until she formally entered the foster care system at age 12. She stayed in foster care until she aged out at 18, and stayed in 11 different placements. During these continuous transitions, Trista also started working when she was 14, helped to launch youth leadership groups when she was 16, secured an internship with a local law firm, and maintained a steady job. Trista obtained her high school diploma shortly after leaving foster care, and spent the next 8 years going to college part time while working full time to ensure that she would not be homeless while getting her education. She was able to have incredible opportunities including working for CPS as a Youth Specialist to advocating for foster care reform on Capitol Hill. At Austin Community College they were able to create positions and clubs for former foster youth as wella s paid positions at the school. At Texas State, they built support systems that allowed former foster youth to connect with their school community and become part of the 3% of youth who obtain a post secondary degree. Trista also worked in technology, which is really where she made the money to stay in school. During that time she also had her oldest son and was pregnant with her second son when she finally graduated with her B.A.S. in Criminal Justice in December of 2011. She originally wanted to be a Juvenile Probation Officer, but during the 8 years she was in school, Trista’s focus shifted to finding efficient ways to make the greatest impact through community outreach and service projects. However, working in technology allowed her to fund her free time, first allowing her to work on community outreach, but then as she became a mother, to spend time with her children.

The Wish Story

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Experience Wish Fund grants the wish for Trista! Thanks Experience Wish Fund.

One Simple Wish sends the gift to the OSW Advisory Council for Trista.

Trista receives the wish from OSW Advisory Council

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