Lashia Perkins

“I knew that On Point would always be there for me.”

Lashia is the first person in her family to attend college. She graduated from SUNY Cortland in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in health science. She is currently the youth services coordinator at ACR Health, where she works with students, teaching them to be peer educators and leaders, and speaking to student groups about sexual health, risk reduction, and prevention.

“I can’t say enough about how On Point helped me,” Lashia said. “They helped with the college application process, taking me on campus visits, providing college supplies, rides to and from college, visits and phone calls to see if I was okay, encouragement, job fairs, and so much more.”

In her spare time, Lashia volunteers for the Samaritan Center, Rescue Mission, and the Kidney Foundation, assisting patients who come in for screenings. Her goal in life is to continue helping people and make them smile. One day, she hopes to become a nurse practitioner or a physician’s assistant.