11/01/2024 12:11:11 AM“BC3 enabled me to take my education off the back burner”Mom, EMT and organ donor praises BC3 @ Lawrence Crossing as open house nears(New Castle, PA) A 27-year-old full-time emergency medical technician, foster and stepmother and nondirected organ donor has long wanted to resume pursuit of a college degree.Danyelle Kirby, 27, of Ellwood City, is a foster and stepmother, full-time emergency medical technician and nondirected organ donor who enrolled this fall as a psychology student at BC3 @ Lawrence Crossing in New Castle. At left, children Niko, Bryce, Liam, Kinleigh and Thomas. At center, Kirby is shown in August while working as an emergency medical technician for a Beaver County EMS provider. At right, Kirby is shown in August in Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, after contributing more than 60 percent of her liver to a nonspecific recipient. BC3 @ Lawrence Crossing will hold an open house from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 6 at 2849 W. State St., New Castle.LawrenceThis is a collage of photos of a student's five children, the student as an EMT and the student as an organ donor.