Kendra Adamson

Adamson

"It is my hope to express my creativity and individuality in ways that are gratifying and rewarding to me as well as serving a greater good."

  • Alumni of: 2002 Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship Program
  • Hometown: Waterbury, CT

Biography

Kendra Adamson worked her way through Naugatuck Valley Community College (NVCC) beginning in 1998, combining her interests in personal growth, academic knowledge, and community service with her need to support herself. Since becoming homeless at age 15, Kendra's jobs have included Salvation Army youth shelter counselor, coffee house waitress, and landscaper.

At NVCC, she concentrated her studies on psychology while employed as a domestic violence counselor at a women's shelter. Kendra transferred to Trinity College in the fall of 2002 to pursue a bachelor's degree in religion with a continued strong interest in psychology. "I have been blessed with a mind that easily achieves balance between the analytical and the emotional," she says.

At age 21, Kendra purchased a home in Waterbury and remains committed to participating in the revitalization of the old industrial city through fostering creativity. With her lifelong best friend, she is developing a business plan for a coffeehouse in downtown Waterbury that would serve coffee and vegetarian meals and provide space for artists, students, teenagers, and anyone seeking "an alternative to bars or fast food establishments," she says.

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