Djamila Medour explains her commitment to public service and how an internship at the White House could further her leadership goals. She describes working for a public housing agency in France where she gained insight into social issues facing young people. This experience revealed the "reality" of public service and inspired her to help communities. Medour later had an impactful internship with an architecture firm on urban planning for Paris that opened her up to new ways of thinking about cities. She believes working at the White House would allow her to contribute her French experience and help President Obama through proximity and international collaboration.

1. 8 septembre 2013
ESSAYTOTHE WHITE HOUSE, :
In no more than500 words, please explain your commitment to public service and
include an instance when you asserted leadership in a community or civic activity,
what you learned, and how you think this internship could further advance your
leadership and personal goals.
OBJECT:
My commitment for public service; an instance with what I learned and how I think
this internship will advance my leadership and personal goals.
My commitment for public service especially began later, is atypical as we can
fought: When I was again a child, my first professional dream is becoming a pilot;
but I read a book about a pilot story life, this dream dropped; then I had a new
professional dream: becoming a doctor, someone near all, that treat, nurse people: it
is as if I become a wonder-woman! Finally my dream changed again I had a third
professional dream becoming a searcher pharmacist that create new perfume
essences as Chanel, Givenchy, Yves Saint-Laurent…
Against my goal, my father and my sister convince me becoming a doctor, that‟s not
what I really wanted to do but I wanted my father becoming proud of me…until I
MEDOUR Djamila
« LES ARCHERS »,
14 bis rue du Pont du Moulin,
61300 L‟AIGLE

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understand that I hate animal biochemistryand was much moredisgusted by a
chirurgical experimentation on a lamb…
After a DEUG MASS and a Bachelor of Human Science, I became a teacher to pay
my studies: I noted than many young people from“Région Ile de France”, are
suffering; some of live in precariousness flat with their parents, some of buy
drug…some adolescent girls fugues and prostitute themselves…
When I was a simple teacher and I discovered all those problem life of young
innocent I had a sensation of revolt without power: I thought: I have to change my
job that will allow me really helping them.
The first opportunity I took: another job in an OPAC, “Plaine Commune Habitat de
Saint-Denis”, last town of France Kings, which President is Deputy Mayor of Saint-
Denis: this job help me to obtain an Human Sciences Master but it is not really
pleasant because I made a very hard physically and in the same time intellectual
work: I was an patrimonial assistant, an administrative archivist, that in fact made
all works as warehouse-man, as manager, as “cahier des charges” with new
organization counsels, as former, as a secretary, as a data-base programmer, as a
“multi-tâches robot”… It is the first job of my life that show me the “reality”ofpublic
service in France. As I work the day, I „m studying the night “City Planning” at
CNAM, Paris: one day our Formation Director CantalDupart, architect, proposed us
an Internship “Le Grand Paris de l’AgglomérationParisienne” because his agency,
associated to Jean Nouvel, Architect was selected with ten architects by Nicolas
SARKOZY. This internshipmultidisciplinary, gave me another vision of an
International Agglomeration and an artistic, poetic, sensual imagination of a
constructive and interactive town as Paris:a puzzle that you compose or decompose
as your taste or needed, thinking or feeling: I haven‟t bepaiedand not really known
but I am really happy and transformed by this rich experience of life that open me
more and more taste of public service by immersing myself in reality life: filming,
asking, understanding, reflecting, watching, drawing, dreaming,writing, proposing,

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imaging all my sensations in a town, in a place at one moment of a day or at night: a
qualitative mission which I am really proud…
White House Internship is another instance for me as I will discover another
administrative work in the higher government of the most power-full countryof the
World with another language, American that is fluid freer than French language,
whichuse other method working and organization: I think I have a lot also to give to
White House with my French competences, unique experience that can complete an
US Deputy Senator Worker at White House with Honourable Studies and
Experience, which approach is very interesting but completely different of mine…
My Goals for White House Internship, is continuing helping better Our Dear
President Barack Obama and all his community as Democratic Group and OFA
Group; I am President from a Foundation: Conseil Expertise
UrbaineetEnvironnement which purpose is to counsel #WorldWide #Policy
#Leaders... I would like helping more and more with proximity Our President
Barack Obama for #Shining #International #USA #Collaborative #Democraty and
#Diplomaty all Over the #World
Sincerely,
MEDOUR Djamila