Please help get my federal grants to graduate

Let me introduce myself. My name is Hailey, I am a 21 year old mom of two young boys. I’m enrolled in a community college, Monterey Peninsula College, taking 21 units. I have been attending this school since fall 2006. This is my last semester until I graduate with my associates in Business Entrepreneurship, at which time I will transfer to a CSU to further my education.

I am currently in a battle with Monterey Peninsula College for the third time over receiving my Federal Pell grants. Although I meet all the requirements to receive this aid, they have made me ineligible because I have previously experienced medical issues landing me on bed rest and hospitalized multiple times and had to withdraw from my courses. I have appealed the decision and was denied because the MPC board did not consider my medical issues as a “SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE”. I then made an appointment with one of the financial aid board members, who belittled me and refused to further assist me.

This is my last semester until I graduate and I am determined to make this happen but I can’t do it without help. I don’t want money from outside sources; I just want my Pell grant that I am entitled to as a United States citizen!

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