With your help i can achieve my dreams
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Help this voice travel further than ever…
I'm in an extreme financial situation and need your urgent help to be able to complete university. I'm currently studying Film & TV production at SCAD, and even though I’ve been awarded a merit-based full tuition scholarship, I don’t have enough money to pay for my living expenses.
To call this a lifelong dream is no exaggeration! I've worked on getting to where I am now as a filmmaker since I was 8 years old—I’ve literally had a camera in my hand for as long as I can remember! Growing up in Ecuador with a wildlife conservation photographer father and a wildlife artist mother in both the Amazon & Choco Rainforests; nature and documenting wildlife are engraved in the very core of my being.
Filmmaking, and its use as a tool for conservation or social change, is my passion. My dream is that, through the knowledge and the professional platform that SCAD will empower me with, I can use film to make a positive impact on the world!
SCAD has one of the best Film programs in the world, so I couldn't refuse their offer! But I still didn't have enough funds for my living costs. Thanks to a small fundraiser, I barely covered living costs for the first year, but those funds have now dried up.
It appeared that my dad had my expenses covered with contracts, but they were unexpectedly canceled, suddenly leaving me with just two months of funds left! So I’ve created a GoFundMe to raise money for my living expenses and continue my dream!
I ask you in all humbleness and sincerity for any support—be it financial or by helping share my story—to help me complete my degree.
I have gotten so far against all odds (from wayward little Ecuador!), and it would be tragic to not make it to the finish line—when I already have the $160 000 for tuition covered by my scholarship—and all I need is a way to finance my living expenses!
I believe that I have a unique—and direly needed—voice and I would deeply appreciate it if you could help it be heard.
You can read my full story, share, or donate through the GoFundMe link:
www.gofundme.com/luke-cooper