Letter from Steven

Dear Sir / Madam, 

   My name is Steven Russell and I have been seeing a counselor at

Alexian Center for Mental Health approximately once a month for the last

2 years.  I was also a member of the NAMI group meetings on Monday

nights.  In the second half of 2008 I decided to restart my education

with a degree in Cardiac Technology at Harper, inspired by a family

member who took the same path.  Serendipitously shortly after, Maxine

Goldstein from the Alexian Center contacted me and asked if I would be

interested in a college orientation class offered at the center, by a

faculty member of Harper. I jumped at the chance. It was there that I met

Stacey Watson of Access and Disabilities services for Harper. Many of my

questions were answered during the course of that class, and I earned a

college credit from it as an added bonus.  Two semesters later after

getting A's and B's, I was selected to receive the Tom Thompson award

for achievement through ADS. Now I have been accepted into the Cardiac

Tech program and can begin my studies.

Sincerely,

Steven Russell