Terrie Frasure-Brierly

Terrie Lee Frasure has overcome adversity at many turns on her way to being honored as this year’s Gateway Community and Technical College scholarship award recipient. Raised solely by her grandmother, Terrie recalls years of seeing her grandparent struggle to provide the bare necessities for her and her sister. Despite rebelling and balking at authority by her own admission, she graduated high school, the first in her family to do so, “only through God’s grace and mercy” by “the skin of her teeth.”

However, upon entering her 30s, Terrie says she found herself wanting more in life, both personally and professionally, prompting her to return to school after years of college not being on the proverbial radar. Around this time, she also discovered her passion for human services, leading to former roles as a caseworker at the Brighton Recovery Center and a residential supervisor role at Transitions Drug Rehabilitation and Immediate Care.

Currently, Terrie is a full-time healthcare employee at a behavioral health hospital where she enjoys working one-on-one with patients, doing everything from discharging and planning, to helping them apply for Medicaid.

“I want to thank everyone from my husband to my kids for understanding and pushing me to be better,” said Terrie. “I also want to thank my advisor and social work professor, Meredith Ramler, for pushing me to apply for this scholarship. Lastly, I wish to thank Gateway Community & Technical College and my teachers who push me to be a better human daily.”

Gateway Community & Technical College is proud to recognize Allison Jayne Reynolds as the 2023 Outstanding Women of Northern Kentucky Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship recipient.