Dream Come True Recipient, Calandra Locket, is Accepted into Nursing School
Calandra Locket, one of our Dream Come True recipients, is on her way to realizing her dream! She just got word last week that she has been accepted into the San Jacinto college school of nursing RN program. We are so proud of Calandra and her accomplishments. It has been a long process getting to this point and she has overcome many hurdles, including having to relocate to a city that can provide specialized medical services for her daughter who suffers from seizures. Calandra exemplifies the Dream Come True mission, as a single mother raising four children, she never gave up and is on her way to being a nurse and following her dream of a career and financial independence.
Calandra has been a Dream Come True “Dream Achiever” for over a year now. Calandra overcome a difficult childhood of poverty and very challenging circumstances as a child and young person. She has shown a great deal of resilience in successfully pursuing her education before she received help from the foundation. She attended college in Austin in 2011 and moved to Houston, where she could receive better attention for one of her children who faces serious medical challenges. Calandra is a person who has been upbeat in the most difficult circumstances. She is articulate, and a very inspiring speaker. She has done great work in presenting the Dream Come True Foundation mission of helping people “on the edge of success.
Calandra Lockett, our Dream Come True Achiever, has been working through a successful, but very challenging year. Calandra’s mainstay in the Dream come true foundation is Heather Bailey, her mentor. Heather has spent countless hours mentoring Calandra and helping her even with childcare. Calandra finished her first courses at Austin Community College in Austin with solid grades in the academic subjects she’ll need to do well in to graduate from nursing school, which is her goal. Calandra visited with the Dream Come True Board of Directors on Monday, August 1
It’s amazing to look back over the past year that Carmella and her family have been Dream Come True recipients. She just completed a very demanding summer school session and has now begun her senior year at St. Ed’s. Just 2 semesters away from achieving her dream of a bachelor’s degree in Social Work. We’ve all learned a tremendous amount over the past year and shared great times, lots of laughter, and some tears and fears along the way. We’ve been able to multiply our financial contributions about 2.5 times by generous in-kind gifts and services. With all that we’ve learned, we are now ready to begin “scaling” the Dream Come True to assist more individuals and families. Funding permitting, we plan to support several new recipients in the next 12 months. We hope many people will join the Dream Come True Board and volunteers in breaking the cycle of poverty–one life and one family at a time.
Sara Barnard created our new Dream Come True logo. It totally captures the spirit of the Dream Come True. Sara is a talented designer and artist. She may be contacted at Sara Barnard (
Carmella became very ill with a migrane headache just before her finals that lasted for several days. Thaw Sint, MD, of the Dream Come True board, treated her at no cost the same day when she needed it. 