Lively, kind, and genuine student Ra’Sha Moore walks into Literacy KC every Tuesday and Thursday morning with a smile on her face giving little sign of the unimaginable journey she has been through. Born in Kansas City, KS, Ra’Sha is a 29-year-old HiSET student of ours working towards obtaining her GED. While furthering her education is something she has wanted to do for herself, it was not the reason that led her to Literacy KC. Ra’Sha currently works for a company called Able Independent Care for their department of mental health. The owner informed Ra’Sha that she can only be granted a year to work for the company without having a high school diploma or GED and this was just the push she needed to make a change.
Growing up, Ra’Sha did not struggle in school until her mom moved them to Kansas City, MO where she found herself getting into trouble. She was working on finishing her high school credits at Don Bosco Charter School when she fell into the wrong crowd and got into a bad car wreck in 2013 that would end her educational journey and put her life on hold. Ra’Sha was considered dead on arrival and was in a coma for a month. The accident led to her requiring a tracheotomy along with suffering from traumatic brain injury. After her wreck, Ra’Sha was healed physically, but mentally she was not. Shortly after, this led to her being incarcerated in 2014 for robbery. She has been in the system for going on 9 years. However, Ra’Sha always remained positive, sharing her story and becoming a speaker at each facility she found herself in.
Today, Ra’Sha has come a long way on her journey and has a goal of obtaining her GED by the time she turns 30. Vowing to continue to elevate as she continues to get older. Ra’Sha is hopeful that obtaining her GED will bring hope for others, “…it will continue to give hope to people that [have] lost hope along with [people] that lose hope as they continue to go through life and get off the wrong track. Hopefully they will know that it’s never too late.”