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My name is Rebecca. I am 48 years old and live in a very small town with a population of 3232 in Texas called Llano. I am working on my 5th degree in the human service field and have a history of 20+ years working in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) as a Chemical Dependency Counselor or LCDC. The day before I retired, I lost my husband of 22 years and returned to my hometown of Llano within a week. Since that time, I remarried, became a grandmother to 6, a stepmother to 2 and a foster mother to 1 who we in the process of adopting. The total children in my life include 3 girls ages 29, 14 and 9, 2 boys aged 25 and 21. My daughter has 3 children, and my stepson has 3 children. My son who is 25 is on the Autism Spectrum, and lives at home with me, my stepdaughter, and her little sister also have special needs had have been severely abused by their bio mother. In September I took a leave of absence from college to travel to Idaho to pick up my stepdaughter and her little sister for permanent placement awarded to me and my husband. We have fought for two years to have them both be placed in our custody.

I currently in my spare time work for the church and teach Sunday school to 5 children with special needs. When not working my 16 hour a day job that I am at 6 days a week, I attend college, play video games with my husband, cook, clean and shop and work on diamond art paintings. Life is good down time is even better when I get to spend time with my dad, go to church, and edit his photos for his side job and play with my puppy named "La Bearro" or mop for short.

The Non-profit I currently work for is called Bluebonnet trails community service; I am part of the TCCOOMI team which is a division of the criminal justice program. Bluebonnet Trails is an LMHA and covers 8 counties in Texas. Current research shows that more individuals that return home from prison need extra help and counseling to return to the normal way of life and can maintain freedom rather than reoffending. I am one of the luckiest people that is able to work independently and make my own schedule to meet the needs of the clients and court systems.

This is the last class I have to finish my degree. I have not decided yet if I am going to work on another master program yet or not. If I do I am leaning towards Criminal Justice because mental illness is one of the key factors of people committing crimes.

A. What you are most excited to learn in this course? I am looking forward to learning more about how to develop a research proposal.

B. What you feel might challenge you most in this course? My biggest problems in all courses are pinpointing a topic for proposal.

C. What three courses in your program of study you feel will help you with the completion of your Research Proposal Project assignment? The library is my most valuable tool.

D. However, the courses that have helped me the most for my current career are the psychology classes. I do not want to become a grant writer. I do, however, have a passion to help people and want to further my career by helping more people with different areas of their lives.

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