The Healy Foundation seeks to step in and give under-resourced, high-performing college juniors and seniors the financial means to finish their education at a time when unexpected personal hardship jeopardizes their academic aspirations. Unanticipated adversity (e.g. parental unemployment, grave family illness) during one’s college education is an undeniable challenge for any student; however, the financial burden of such personal setbacks puts low-income students at increased risk of dropout and academic regression, obscuring their pathway to financial security. Since our founding in 2010, we have supported our many deserving scholars during this turbulent, and critical, period of their lives. They have gone on to thrive in careers and continue to be a part of the foundation as donors themselves, participants in our events, and close friends whom we continue to personally support and counsel in their pursuit of rigorous careers.