 Hi, my name is Megan O'Reilly and I am a new student starting in the fall of 2021 at San Jose State University's iSchool for a Master's in Library and Information Science. I am thrilled and relieved and excited to and validated to receive one of the scholarships through the special sessions awards committee and I would like to express my gratitude for them for helping me in the next coming semester being able to possibly take a extra class instead of the one class I was planning on and also for validating me because I'm a new and returning student it's been a while since I've been in school and I'm creating the presentation to apply for this scholarship was a little nerve-wracking because it's been a while since I've done something formal like this in an academic setting so being chosen for this feels validating it feels like I'll be able to do the work and that I will be successful and I don't have to hustle as hard next semester to make ends meet so thank you so much