Kristy Hay is a student at Ivy Tech Community College. She has already completed her technical certificate and is nearing completion of her AAS in business administration. She will complete her associates in the summer and begin her bachelors in the fall of 2025, thanks to the new partnership of Ivy Tech Madison and IU Southeast. 

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Through Ivy Tech’s work study program, she came to join River Valley Resources as an intern for our CEO Konnie McCullum in August of 2024. However, this is not her first experience with RVR. In 2014 she graduated from RVR’s Rural Works program, which is a program devoted to educating community members about resume writing, interview skills and how to best present and explain past obstacles. She is still utilizing the skills she learned through Rural Works today! 

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Kristy’s journey has not been an easy one. In 2014 through 2016, Kristy was an inmate at Rockville Correctional Facility, upon her release in 2016 she worked hard to change the direction of her life. In 2022, she decided to return to college and has met many milestones since then. She is a straight A student with a GPA of 3.65 and has been on the Dean’s list 5 semesters, including last fall semester. She is hopeful to be joining RVR as a full time employee once she finishes school.