2021 Graduate Update

“Since graduating from Mercy, I’ve found passions that I had lost to my depression. I do performance art during worship at my church and have been able to create meaningful pieces for people to be able to own. I’ve run a half marathon every year and eating healthy is now routine for me after years of battling disordered eating.

I’m currently in college studying for my Bachelor of Science in Research Psychology with a dual minor in biology and chemistry. My goal is to get into medical school in the next few years and become a doctor! I was blessed to be the recipient of a scholarship that covered the entirety of my housing and some tuition for the semester. Without Mercy, I would not have been able to make it through freshman year due to life-controlling PTSD and the effects of it. Now, I am truly deeply in love with the life that God has given me. Rather than being desperate to please others, I have freedom to be content with doing the best that I can and pleasing God.”

-McKenna was a graduate from Mercy in 2017