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-- -- she was an average student with OK grades but she still managed to score more than half a million dollars in college scholarships.

What's your secret Christina Ellis is the author of a brand new book called confessions of a scholarship winner she joins us live today morning tea and knowing -- you've got quite a story you -- your father tragically died at age seven.

And -- -- -- -- your mother.

And -- you -- we went below the poverty level and your first day of high school.

Your mom told -- She basically told me.

I love you I believe you can believe -- you but there is.

No way that I can support you financially after you graduate.

And so you're -- to need to start finding a way to pay for your education.

Even though that was really hard to hear.

I'm so thankful she told me that because.

Of how need to have the time sure start thinking about scholarships and what I gonna do with my -- and.

-- and we should point out that -- your family was broke.

You did not have terrific grades you did not have great SATs but you've developed a plan to look at all of the available scholarships out there.

And there are a lot of them aren't there has so many there are over three billion dollars in scholarships given away every year over a million scholarship so.

Even if you aren't the perfect student and you're not about Victorian.

You can still get scholarship there are scholarships out there for being tall or short loving to vacuum.

Bag pipe -- if your organ donor having zombie apocalypse.

Escape plans.

All sorts of stuff out there you just need to know.

The plan that you -- one of the first things you should do in this is when your chips in your book believing your potential.

Absolutely.

Everybody had something that can help them stand out to scholarship committees but you have to believe in your own potential.

Before you can convince somebody else of your potential.

And the thing is is getting scholarships can be work but if you believe in your own potential is going to be willing to invest that time an app for sure you also say start early.

Absolutely if you can start your freshman year that is absolutely perfect like -- -- my mom she told me my freshman year.

Hey you're on your on your own you know and how was such a blessing to me because I started dating my every search -- my homework.

And I was able to create a clean and that helped me tour stand out and I'm so passionate about helping kids to gap that -- -- In what do what's -- ships were you able yet how is able T get a ton of scholarships I got the bill and Melinda Gates scholarship.

Which is so incompatible I'm so thankful for that and pay for my education.

All the way -- Ph.D.

-- got the Coca-Cola scholarship which is a huge merit based scholarship -- and -- scholarships.

Just all sorts of -- And so you've hit it it and we know there are a lot of families watching right now and they think wow we have limited resources right now at this point.

Money is available based on need based on merit all sorts of stuff.

Absolutely you know.

They're so many families that are just thinking right now there's no way I can afford a college education and I just want to let them know that you can overcome those obstacles that you're facing.

And I wanna help you do that well as she's next up she's going to Vanderbilt to get her Ph.D.

congratulations to her to -- book it's called confessions of a scholarship winner Christina Ellis thank you very much and good luck and your fan SS.

Thank you have right --

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