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Nikki's Success Story
I began my stay at the House of Hope in 1999. I was eighteen
at the time and my daughter Madison was just one year old. I
stayed at the House of Hope for two years while I worked. Near
the end of my time at the House of hope I enrolled full time
at Hawkeye Community College. I left the House of Hope to move
to an apartment on the University of Northern Iowa campus. After
finishing my associated degree at Hawkeye, I transferred to the
Social Work program at UNI.
While at UNI I met my husband Randy. We had a son Noah in
2005. Now we live on the outskirts of waterloo and I am finishing
up my last semester at UNI with an internship at the House
of Hope. My husband is an accounting major graduating from
Hawkeye this semester. Madison is in second grade and Noah
celebrated his first birthday the 29th of March.
I am doing my internship in Social Work here at the House
of hope because of the wonderful experience I had here when
I was younger and in need of help getting to where I am today.
The House of Hope helped me find my path in life and allowed
me the time to get settled and financially stable before I
had to face the world alone.
It holds a very special place in my heart and I appreciate
that I have the opportunity to give back just a piece of what
everyone here did for me.
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